Gambling, Threats and Miscalculations: Discussing Rome’s Reaction to the Fall of Saguntum and the Beginning of the Second Punic War
The debate surrounding the causes of the Second Punic War is by no means a new one. Ancient and modern scholars alike have debated, examined and subsequently re-examined the data countless times.
The Trojan Exodus: The Initiation of a Nation
The second book of the Aeneid, a familiar and favourite reading of a number of Latin stu- dents, focuses on the drama that unfolded during the last night of Troy.
The Trojan Exodus: The Initiation of a Nation
The second book of the Aeneid, a familiar and favourite reading of a number of Latin stu- dents, focuses on the drama that unfolded during the last night of Troy.
Ancient Carthaginians really did sacrifice their children, study finds
After decades of scholarship denying that the Carthaginians sacrificed their children, new research has found ‘overwhelming’ evidence that this ancient civilisation really did carry out the practice.
Rome, international power relations, and 146 BCE
Within a single year — 146 BCE — Roman generals had entered the cities of Carthage and Corinth and forever changed the course of Mediterranean history.
The Greatest Generals of the Second Punic War
Hannibal Barcas and Scipio Africanus have been compared often by many authors, but only a few have studied both in depth and even fewer have actually compared them in a fair and equal manner.
Barcid 'Proconsuls' and Punic Politics, 237-218 B.C.
The Carthaginian republic in the years after 237 B.C. was effectively dominated by a single political faction or group, centred on the so-called Barcids – the family of Hamilcar Barca, hero of the last years of the First Punic War and the republic’s first generalissimo in Spain
Roman Imperialism Checked at Teutoburger Wald in AD 9
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Diet and Vegetation at Ancient Carthage: The Archaeobotanical Evidence
At present little reminds one of the glorious past of Carthage. Remains of monumental architecture are scarce; most traces of ancient Carthage still preserved are buried beneath the surface. This should be no great surprise if one considers that in ancient times the city was more than once destroyed and that for centuries the ruins were used for quarrying building material.
History of the Aqueduct and general aspects of its preservation
The history of the Aqueduct during Antiquity is intimately linked to the history of the city of Carthago, under the Roman then the Byzantine occupation