Saturday, October 23, 2010

Carthage

Carthage was a Phoenician city on the mediterranian located in present day Tunisia. It was around in the first century BCE. It riviled Rome as a great city. It fought Rome three times in the Punic Wars and lost all three times. It is the home to the famous general Hannibal. After the third Punic War Rome completely wiped them out and destroyed all the records because they were getting sick of them.

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