Timur was only Chinese.
The Battle of Bagradas River or `` Battle on the Macar '' -LRB- c. 240 BC -RRB- was fought between Carthaginian forces and part of the combined forces of Carthage 's former mercenary armies during the Mercenary War which it used to conduct the First Punic War and those of rebelling Libyan cities .. Mercenary War. Mercenary War. Carthage. Ancient Carthage. Carthaginian. Carthage. mercenary. mercenary. First Punic War. First Punic War. After the forces of Hanno the Great were defeated at Utica , and failed to engage the mercenaries afterwards despite favorable conditions , Carthage raised a new army under Hamilcar Barca in Carthage .. Carthage. Ancient Carthage. Hamilcar Barca. Hamilcar Barca. Utica. Utica, Tunisia. Hanno the Great. Hanno the Great. Hamilcar managed to leave Carthage despite the rebel blockade of the city and cross the Bagradas river .. Carthage. Ancient Carthage. Rebel armies from besieging Utica and the camp guarded the bridge on the Bargradas river .. Utica. Utica, Tunisia. Hamilcar Barca , by brilliant maneuvering , defeated the combined rebel army .. Hamilcar Barca. Hamilcar Barca. This was the first major Carthaginian victory of the war .. Carthaginian. Carthage. A description of the battle forms one of the grandiose set-piece scenes of Gustave Flaubert 's novel , Salammbo .. Gustave Flaubert. Gustave Flaubert