Hasdrubal the Boetharch was a Carthaginian general during the Third Punic War. Little is known about him. Boetharch is a Carthaginian office, the exact function of which is unclear, and is not to be confused with the Greek Boeotarch. Hasdrubal had a wife and two sons, who, according to Polybius, threw themselves into a burning temple when they witnessed their army's defeat. Hasdrubal had surrendered himself to the Romans prior to his family's deaths, an act possibly provoking their suicide. He was taken to Rome and displayed during Scipio's triumph, but later allowed to live in peace in Italy.
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