It may derive from the Ancient Greek term "βοηθός (boēthós)" or "auxiliary," suggesting a leadership role among Carthage's mercenary armies.
Masinissa of Numidia, an ally of Rome, took advantage of this to raid and seize Carthaginian territory.
Their defeat by Scipio Aemilianus, proconsul of the Roman Republic, brought the war to a close.
According to Polybius, after Hasdrubal surrendered to Scipio, his wife cursed her husband, cut the throats of their two sons, threw them into a burning temple, and charged in herself.
[3] This may be the same general Hasdrubal who was defeated near the town of Tunes (now Tunis) by the Numidian king, Masinissa, just after war was declared (149 BC).