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The Story of Carthage Isn’t Necessarily What the Romans Committed to History

A new book by historian and archaeologist Eve MacDonald paints a more complete portrait of the once-great African society ...
National Geographic news

Carthage was Rome’s greatest rival. Go see its side of the story.

From 650 B.C. to 146 B.C., Carthage was the most powerful trading and commercial city in the Mediterranean. Its sophisticated 200-dock harbor and wealthy population supported a sprawling metropolis of ...
Publishers Weekly

Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization

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 ...
The Red & Black

Professor digs ancient Carthage

A University professor will share knowledge gained from excavations in the ancient city of Carthage with interested students and faculty today. The latest lecture in the 2003 series offered by the ...