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Bodo (hypostrategos)

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Bodo (Punic: 𐤁‬𐤃𐤀‬, BDʾ,[1] "His Servant" or "In His Hand")[2] also known as Boödes (Ancient 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]

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  1. ^ Huss (1985), p. 561.
  2. ^ a b Geus (1994), s.v. "Bodo".
  3. ^ Polybius, 1:21.6-7

Bibliography

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  • 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)