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Carthage
MAP OF CARTHAGE
Carthage is an ancient city in today's Tunisia. It was founded in
814 BC by the
 Phoenicians.
Its Latin name is
Carthago. Its
Phoenician name is Kart-hadasht, which means New Town.
Hannibal was a
Carthaginian general. Those were the days. Today, Carthage is just a suburb of
Tunis.
And about the pronunciation...
Pronounce
CARTHAGINIAN
Pronounce
CARTHAGE
Pronounce
CARTHAGO
Another word associated with Carthage is
Punic.
Punic, as a noun, was the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage.
As
an adjective, Punic refers to anything of, or relating to, Carthage or
the Carthaginians. If, for example, there was a pub owned or
predominantly frequented by
Carthaginians, you would refer to it as a Punic pub.
This also helps to understand who was involved in the
Punic
Wars.
In AD 439, the
Vandals
made Carthage their headquarters.
More maps:
Italy and Vicinity -
Territorial Control 326 BC
264 BC
- 180 AD Rome's Expansion
Rome and Carthage at the Beginning
of the Second Punic War, 218 B.C.
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2nd Century Expansion
of the Roman Republic
In 146 BC, Carthage was destroyed by the Romans, led by
Scipio
Africanus the Younger.
And here is downtown Carthage on a
map:
Carthage 146 BC -
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