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Carthago
Carthage
The Phoenician colony in North Africa that became Rome's great rival in the Punic Wars.
Reading notes
- Consolation to His Mother Helvia §7 Carthaginians
Carthage; here the Carthaginians (Phoenician colonists) are said to have settled Spain.
- Consolation to Polybius §1 Carthage
Carthage, Rome's great rival in North Africa, razed by Scipio Aemilianus in 146 BC; named among famous cities reduced to ashes.
- On the Firmness of the Wise Man §6.8 Carthage
The great Phoenician city of North Africa, destroyed by Rome in 146 BC; its ramparts cited as a stronghold that yet fell to a single assault.
- On Anger §1.11 Carthage
Rome's great rival in the Punic Wars; here a foil to Numantia, which took longer to conquer.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §3.24.10 Carthage
The great Phoenician city on the North African coast, Rome's rival in the three Punic Wars, finally destroyed by Scipio Aemilianus in 146 BC.
- Natural Questions §3.pr.6 Carthage
The great Phoenician city of North Africa, Rome's rival in the Punic Wars; here standing for Hannibal's defeated homeland.
- Natural Questions §4.pr.21 Carthage
The North African power whose wars with Rome made Sicily the prize of empire.