Carthage Archive
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Rome, international power relations, and 146 BCE
Posted on April 1, 2013 | No CommentsWithin 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
Posted on February 24, 2013 | No CommentsHannibal 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.
Posted on February 10, 2013 | No CommentsThe 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
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsAugustus -
Diet and Vegetation at Ancient Carthage: The Archaeobotanical Evidence
Posted on January 25, 2013 | No CommentsAt 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
Posted on October 19, 2012 | No CommentsThe history of the Aqueduct during Antiquity is intimately linked to the history of the city of Carthago, under the Roman then the Byzantine occupation -
Toga and Dagger: Espionage in Ancient Rome
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsAnient Rome is remembered as one of the greatest military powers in history, its fame derived from the fearsome reputation of the empire's legionnaires. Lost in the telling, however, is the important role that espionage played in Rome's ascent to empire. -
Comparing Strategies of the Second Punic War: Rome
Posted on March 12, 2012 | No CommentsWhat were the strategic factors that allowed Rome to absorb repeated body blows and to endure an enemy army in its homeland for more than a decade without succumbing? -
Carthage: The Lost Mediterranean Civilisation
Posted on March 7, 2012 | No CommentsLittle remains of the great North African empire that was Rome's most formidable enemy, because, as Richard Miles explains, only its complete annihilation could satisfy its younger rival. -
Understanding Carthage as a Roman Port
Posted on February 19, 2012 | No CommentsBecause there was ancient literary evidence about the port of Carthage, scholars took the topic head on from the start of modern scholarly interest in the 19th century, with mixed results.
