He was beheaded while trying to help his older brother Hannibal: Who is Hasdrubal Barca?
It is said that a messenger threw Hasdrubal's severed head through the wall of Hannibal's camp, and that's how the great commander learned of the news of the disaster.
Hasdrubal, the Carthaginian general (245-207 BC), was one of the sons of Hamilcar Barca and brother of Hannibal the great. When Hannibal again declared war against Rome in 219 BC and entered Italy from Spain and the Alps, Hasdrubal was left at the head of the Carthaginian forces in Iberia. While his older brother defeated the Romans in many wars in Italy, Hasdrubal managed to stall the Romans in Spain.
Hasdrubal Barca (245 – 22 June 207 BC), a Latinization of ʿAzrubaʿal son of Hamilcar Barca, was a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War. He was the brother of Hannibal and Mago Barca.
When Hannibal requested reinforcements from Hasdrubal in 207 BC, Hasdrubal was ambushed by the Roman general Tiberius Claudius Nero. His army was defeated, and he died on the battlefield. It is said that a messenger threw Hasdrubal's severed head through the wall of Hannibal's camp, and that's how the great commander learned of the news of the disaster.