people
the Carthaginians
also: Poenis, Poenos
The Punic enemy of Rome in the Punic Wars; defeated in Sicily in Metellus's triumph.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §5.3.2 the Carthaginians
Rome's great rival across the Mediterranean (the Poeni); captors of Regulus.
- On the Shortness of Life §13.8 Carthaginians
The Punic enemy of Rome, defeated by Metellus in Sicily.
- On Leisure §4.1 Carthaginians
The people of Carthage, the great Punic city of North Africa destroyed by Rome in 146 BC; like Athens, a stand-in for the merely local state.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §5.51.7 Punic standards
The military ensigns of Carthage (Punicus = Carthaginian); 'following the Punic standards' means soldiering in Hannibal's cause, set against Seneca's own war on the vices.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §7.67.12 Carthaginians
The Carthaginians (Poeni), Rome's great rivals; here Regulus's captors and torturers, to whom he returned of his own will to keep his oath.
- Phaedra §343 Punic
Carthaginian, i.e. North African; the lions of Africa rage when love stirs them.