CARTHAGE HAD EXISTED for over half a millennium when the Romans destroyed it in 146 BCE. Located in a natural harbor on the coast of modern day Tunisia, it was for centuries the great maritime power ...
New York: W. W. Norton, 2025. Pp. vi, 363+. Illus, maps, diagr., notes, biblio., index. $39.99. ISBN: 1324123273 A Fresh Look at the Ancient Punic Metropolis Most of ...
In the spring of 146 B.C.E., the Roman commander Scipio Aemilianus ordered his army's final assault upon the very weakened North African city of Carthage. Surrounded on all sides by the Romans and ...
If you want to step back in time and catch a glimpse of North Carolina history, look no further than Carthage. Walking along the streets of Carthage now is quiet, reflecting the peaceful life of rural ...
Histories of Carthage often read like a murder victim’s obituary penned by the perpetrators of the crime. Although they were responsible for one of the great Mediterranean civilisations of antiquity, ...