Hamilcar
First appearance	S1E02: Sacramentum Gladiatorum
Last appearance	S1E13: Kill Them All
Profession	Gladiator (House of Batiatus)
Race	Sardinian
Relationships	Kerza (Friend, deceased) Duro (Friend, deceased) Varro (Friend, deceased) Rabanus (Friend, deceased) Gnaeus (Friend, deceased)
Status	Deceased (Killed by Roman Guards)
Actor/Actress	Siaosi Fonua

Hamilcar is one of several gladiators in Batiatus' Ludus.

Contents 1 Character Outline 2 Blood and Sand 3 Trivia 4 Quotes 5 References

Character OutlineEdit

Hamilcar is a tall and tanned skin Sardinian gladiator who fights for the ludus of Batiatus. He fights with a sword and shield which could mean he fights as either a Murmillo, Thraex, or Samnite.

Blood and SandEdit

He was once friends with Kerza and is friends with Rhaskos and many other gladiators within the ludus. He can be seen gambling and sparring with several of the other gladiators, only to be easily defeated by them. Besides fighting, he is a helping hand around the ludus whenever needed.

Following Varro's death, Hamilcar, long with Spartacus, Rabanus, and Rhaskos, acted as pallbearer to Varro in carrying his body outside the ludus.

He was the third man to follow Spartacus' plan for escape after Agron and Duro speak with him. During the revolt in the Ludus, Hamilcar is seen fighting well but is ultimately ended by Glaber's guards.

TriviaEdit

• Siaosi Fonua, the actor who plays Hamilcar is 183cm (6"0) tall.
  • Siaosi Fonua also appears in Spartacus: War of the Damned as an unnamed Cilician Pirate.
• Hamilcar has never won a single battle in the series.
• Upon witnessing Hamilcar's death, Duro is horrified and attacks the guard who killed him, suggesting that there was some friendship between the two.
• Hamilcar is also the name of a Carthaginian General, Hamilcar Barca, who refused a truce with Sardinia.
• Historically, the Phoenicians colonized many of the islands of the western Mediterranean since the end of the Second Millenium BCE. And Sardinia was one such Carthaginian-ruled colony until the Romans captured it and the neighboring island of Corsica after the First Punic War, though there were still large Punic enclaves in the islands well into the Common Era. Hamilcar may have come from the Punic community in Sardinia.

QuotesEdit

• (To Spartacus) Hamilcar: "This is where gladiators sleep, not dogs."

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