Did the Carthaginians have the option of sending Hannibal to Sicily?
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Carthage's leadship was not fully behind Hannibal's war on Rome. They did try to take advantage of it (like the failed Sicily mission) but never put their full power behind Hannibal. By the time they realised that they should, it was too late. Reinforcements, siege weapons, and a navy would all have helped Hannibal a great deal. None of those things were forthcoming from Carthage.
The only thing that might have helped Hannibal was to take Rome. Without a navy, siege weapons, and a lot more men, that was impossible. And even with Rome taken, it is unlikely that the Romans would have given up...
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The short version is Hanno II (The Great) didn't see Rome as much a threat as Hamilcar/Hannibal Barca as Hanno II's wealth was based on north African land holdings. The Barcid family's wealth was based inter alia on Spanish mines, a much more attractive target for rapacious Romans. Hanno II's opposition saw Hannibal short of resources.
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"In 237 BCE Hamilcar Barca arrived in Gadir (Roman Gades) with an army, intent upon expanding Carthaginian authority in Iberia. Under the leadership of his family Carthaginian control would extend over much of southern Iberia throughout the Guadalquivir River Valley and eastern Iberia up to the Pyrenees Mountains. ........... Carthaginians expanded and maintained political control over territories in southern and southeastern Iberia under the leadership of the Barcid family, typically referred to in scholarship as the Barcid empire."
THE BARCID EMPIRE: AN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL STUDY OF IMPERIAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CARTHAGINIANS AND LOCALS IN SOUTHERN IBERIA By Joseph Kurz M.A. Brown University, 2010
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Distribution of major ore bodies in the Iberian Peninsula (modified from Bartelheim 2007,
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