I really have an issue with the founding myth of #carthage
Queen Elissa was told by Hiarbus, a local Mauritani tribal chief, she was to marry him or he would burn Carthage to the ground.
She built a huge pyre - choosing to go to her dead husband rather than marry this king and surrender her city.
Now, my issue: How does this fix the problem? She kills herself - and he STILL can take the city!
Is there NO Roman Poet you can believe anymore?
Do NONE of them see the huge plot holes? 😂 #Virgil
Backup Nr.9 of "Map depicting the original colony & city of #carthage as well as the #CarthaginianEmpire at 3 more points in time, and also a suggested far range of frontiers #trade between it & other areas from #NorthAfrica to #britain "
As always further information is embedded on the image itself.
#maps #map #HistoricalMaps #history #antiquity #classicalantiquity #PunicWars #punic #phoenicians #europe #africa #semitic #histodons #histodon
#carthage #carthaginianempire #trade #northafrica #britain #maps #map #HistoricalMaps #History #antiquity #classicalantiquity #punicwars #punic #phoenicians #Europe #Africa #semitic #histodons #histodon
“No Roman or Carthaginian could have dreamed in 264 that their states were about to embark on a twenty-four-year struggle which would involve huge casualties, still less that it would be the first of three wars between the two peoples” (65). It is against this backdrop that the historian Adrian Goldsworthy sets his thoughtful, well-documented analysis of the Punic Wars, the multigenerational co... #History #Rome #PunicWars #Carthage #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/review/379/the-fall-of-carthage-the-punic-wars-265-146-bc/
#historyfacts #carthage #punicwars #rome #History
Utica (also Utique), 33km north of Tunis, was the first Phoenician colony on the North African coast. https://www.worldhistory.org/Utica/ #History #Carthage #CarthaginianGovernment #PhoenicianColonization
#phoeniciancolonization #carthaginiangovernment #carthage #History
The history of the ancient world has always been told as a history of cities, from Homer's epic poems about events just before and just after the sack of Troy, through the prose histories of wars between Athens and Sparta, Rome and Carthage. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1588/the-rise-of-cities-in-the-ancient-mediterranean/ #History #Amphipolis #Athens #Carthage
#carthage #athens #amphipolis #History
Cathage - Empire Of The Phoenicians
#carthage #phoenicians #history #archeology
The coinage of Carthage was first minted from the 5th century BCE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Carthaginian_Coinage/ #History #ByzantineCoinage #Carthage #CarthaginianCoinage
#carthaginiancoinage #carthage #byzantinecoinage #History
Once upon a midnight dreary
I was weak I was very weary
All alone and no one I could phone...
It was bleak it was in December
Ah, distinctly I remember, I was cold and nowhere to call home
Oh, the raven,
His eyes have beheld the dark and mighty
Oh, the raven, in his eyes...
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Saguntum (modern Sagunto), located near Valencia in Spain, was an Iberian, and then Roman, settlement. https://www.worldhistory.org/Saguntum/ #History #Carthage #HamilcarBarca #Hannibal
#hannibal #hamilcarbarca #carthage #History
Carthage was a Phoenician city-state on the coast of North Africa (the site of modern-day Tunis) which, prior the conflict with Rome known as the Punic Wars (264-146 BCE), was the largest, most affluent, and powerful political entity in the Mediterranean. https://www.worldhistory.org/carthage/ #History #Berbers #Carthage #CarthaginianArmy
#carthaginianarmy #carthage #berbers #History
Imprudently lay down for a quick nap around 5, woke dopey at 8. Filled the remainder of the evening with snacking and the Fall of Civilizations' new episode on #Carthage.
This time I listened to the audio only, and in other tabs searched up maps and people as events unfolded, and I found it more engaging than passively watching a stream of moving images.
What a story though.
"La fermeture du Musée du Bardo [en Tunisie], qui court depuis bientôt deux ans, est une entrave au droit fondamental de libre accès à la culture, alerte dans une tribune au « Monde » un collectif de personnalités des milieux français et tunisiens de la culture, parmi lesquels Jack Lang et Michel Boujenah."
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2023/03/12/tunisie-la-reouverture-du-musee-du-bardo-est-une-urgence-pour-la-culture-le-tourisme-et-notre-histoire-commune_6165152_3232.html
#Tunisie #musée #archéologie #archéodon #histoire #culture #Carthage
#tunisie #musee #archeologie #archeodon #histoire #culture #carthage
#Tunisia: a charter to develop an action plan for tobacco control was signed after 1st meeting of a high-level ministerial team concerned with tobacco control, chaired by Premier Najla Bouden & attended by @WHO experts Wednesday in Dar Dhiafa, #Carthage. http://www.tap.info.tn/en/Portal-Top-News-EN/16329595-ministerial-team
"Roman conquerors tried to erase the past of this ancient Tunisian port city—but these historic sites shed light on the true glories of Carthage." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-to-do-in-carthage-ruins-renovations-historic-sites #History #Rome #Carthage #Mediterranean #Travel #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/Lindsay_Powell/status/1663913791103328256
#history #rome #histodon #carthage #mediterranean #travel #histodons
"Roman conquerors tried to erase the past of this ancient Tunisian port city—but these historic sites shed light on the true glories of Carthage." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-to-do-in-carthage-ruins-renovations-historic-sites #History #Rome #Carthage #Mediterranean #Travel #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
#rome #carthage #travel #histodon #histodons #mediterranean #history
"Roman conquerors tried to erase the past of this ancient Tunisian port city—but these historic sites shed light on the true glories of Carthage." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-to-do-in-carthage-ruins-renovations-historic-sites #History #Rome #Carthage #Mediterranean #Travel #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @travel
#history #carthage #mediterranean #travel #histodon #histodons #rome
Saguntum (modern Sagunto), located near Valencia in Spain, was an Iberian, and then Roman, settlement. https://www.worldhistory.org/Saguntum/ #History #Carthage #HamilcarBarca #Hannibal
#hannibal #hamilcarbarca #carthage #History