Bodo (hypostrategos)
Bodo (Punic: 𐤁𐤃𐤀, BDʾ,[1] "His Servant" or "In His Hand")[2] also known as Boödes (Greek: Βοώδης, Boṓdēs),[2] was a Carthaginian senator and naval officer (hypostrategos) who served during the First Punic War. He commanded a successful expedition to Lipara where he captured the Roman consul Gn. Cornelius Scipio Asina.[3]
See also
[edit]- Baal Hamon & Melqart, major Punic deities
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Huss (1985), p. 561.
- ^ a b Geus (1994), s.v. "Bodo".
- ^ Polybius, 1:21.6-7
Bibliography
[edit]- Geus, Klaus (1994), Prosopographie der Literarisch Bezeugten Karthager, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, Vol. 59, Studia Phoenica, No. 13, Leuven: Peeters, ISBN 9789068316438. (in German)
- Huss, Werner (1985), Geschichte der Karthager, Munich: C.H. Beck, ISBN 9783406306549. (in German)
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