Carthage (from the Phoenician Qart-Hadasht "New City" (written without vowels as QRT HDŠT قرت-حدش or קרת חדשת), was an ancient city in North Africa located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis, across from the center of modern Tunis in Tunisia. It remains a popular tourist attraction. Carthage - Founding of Carthage. In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Traditionally, the city was founded ...

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• Carthage - Life in Carthage
• Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce
• Carthage - Carthaginian Government
• Carthage - Carthaginian Religious Practices
• Carthage - Conflict with the Greeks and Romans
• Carthage - First Sicilian War
• Carthage - Second Sicilian War
• Carthage - Third Sicilian War
• Carthage - Pyrrhus of Epirus
• Carthage - The Messanan Crisis
• Carthage - The Punic Wars
• Carthage - Roman Carthage
• Carthage - Carthage in fiction

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In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Traditionally, the city was founded by Dido, and a number of foundation myths have survived through Greek and Roman literature. (See Byrsa for one example.) Carthage's early years were defined by a long rivalry between the maritime and landholding families. In general, due to the city's dependence on maritime trade, the maritime faction controlled the government, and during the 6th century BC, Carthage b ...

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Carthage - First Sicilian War. Carthage's success led to the creation of a powerful navy to discourage both pirates and rival nations. This, coupled with its success and growing hegemony, brought Carthage into increasing conflict with the Greeks, the other major power contending for control of the central Mediterranean. The island of Sicily, lying at Carthage's doorstep, became the arena on which this conflict played out. From their earliest days, both the Greeks and Phoenicians had been attracted to the l ...

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The Donatists (founded by the Berber Christian Donatus Magnus) were followers of a belief considered a heresy by the broader Catholic community. They lived in Roman Africa, and flourished in the fourth and fifth centuries. Donatist - The Donatist churches. Their primary disagreement with the rest of the Church was over the treatment of those who forsook their faith during the Persecution (303–305 AD) of Diocletian. The rest of the Church was far more forgiving of these people than the Donatists were. They ...

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• Donatist - The Donatist churches
• Donatist - Donatist Bishops
• Donatist - Donatist Bishops of Carthage
• Donatist - Donatist Bishops of Rome
• Donatist - Donatist used as an epithet
• Donatist - Bibliography

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Saint Cyprian (Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus) (died September 14, 258) bishop of Carthage and an important early Christian writer, was born probably at the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received an excellent pagan education; having converted to Christianity, he became a bishop (249) and eventually died a martyr at Carthage. Cyprian - Early life. He was of a wealthy and distinguished pagan background; in fact the site of his eventual martyrdom was his own villa. T ...

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• Cyprian - Early life
• Cyprian - His contested election as bishop of Carthage
• Cyprian - Controversy over the Lapsed
• Cyprian - Controversy concerning heretic baptism
• Cyprian - Persecution under Valerian
• Cyprian - Writings

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Cabiria is a classic silent movie from the early years of Italy's movie industry, directed by Giovanni Pastrone. It was released in 1914. The movie is based very loosely on Gustave Flaubert's exotic novel Salambo. Set in ancient Carthage during the period of the Second Punic War, it treats the conflict between Rome and Carthage through the eyes of Cabiria, the title character, who is kidnapped by pirates, sold as a slave ...

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Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Moloch | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Elohim | Elyon | Shaddai | Shekinah | YHWH Adad | Amurru | An/Anu | Anshar | Asshur | Abzu/Apsu | Enki/Ea | Enlil | Ereshkigal | Inanna/Ishtar | Kingu | Kishar | Lahmu & Lahamu | Marduk | Mummu | Nabu | Nammu | Nanna/Sin | Nergal | Ninhur ...

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• Baal - Non-religious usage of the word Ba'al
• Baal - Deities called Ba‘al and Ba‘alat
• Baal - Ba'al of Carthage
• Baal - Ba‘al as a divine title in Israel and Judah
• Baal - Multiple Ba‘als and ‘Ashtarts
• Baal - Use of the word Ba‘al
• Baal - Ba'al as a demon
• Baal - Ba'al Zebûb

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This article is about the ancient city of Utica in Tunisia. For other places with this name, see Utica. Ancient city northwest of Carthage near outflow of Bagradas (al-Majrada). Founded as a port by the Phoenicians long before Carthage, it is now located 10 km from the coastline. Between 146 and 25 BC Utica was the capital of the Roman province of Africa. Utica has been partially excavated. It was here where Cato the younger, the last remaining opponent of Julius Caesar in the Roman Civil War, made his stand and killed h ...

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Elissa could refer to: Dido, the queen of Carthage in Greek mythology. Elissa, a Lebanese singer. Elissa, a historic sailing ship anchored in Galveston Bay. Other related archivesCarthage, Dido, Elissa, Galveston Bay, Greek mythology, Lebanese, sailing ship

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Constantine "the African" was a translator of Greek medical texts. He was a native of Carthage, under Arab rule. As a Christian he had a good knowledge of Latin, enabling him to translate medical works from Arabic into Latin. In this way he introduced Greek medicine to Christian Europe. His translations of Hippocrates and Galen first gave the West a view of Greek medicine as a whole. Other related archivesArab, Arabic, Carthage, Christian, Europe, Galen, Hippocrates, Latin, West

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In Greek and Roman sources Dido or Elissa appears as the founder and first Queen of Carthage in Tunisia. She is best known from the account given by the Roman poet Virgil in his Aeneid. Dido - Early accounts. The person of Elissa can be traced back at least to lost writings of the historian Timaeus of Tauromenium in Sicily (c. 356–260 BC) as referred to and used by later sources. Timaeus dated the foundation of Carthage to 814 BC (or 813 Including:

• Dido - Early accounts
• Dido - Virgil's Aeneid
• Dido - Later Roman tradition
• Dido - Continuing tradition
• Dido - An alternative viewpoint
• Dido - Selected bibliography

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Marcellinus may refer to: Pope Marcellinus, third century pope, Marcellinus of Gaul, saint and evangelist (d. 374) Marcellinus of Carthage, martyr (d. 413) Marcellinus Comes (Count Marcellinus), an obscure 6th-century chronicler Ammianus Marcellinus, late Roman historian Other related archives374, 413, Ammianus Marcellinus, Marcellinus Comes, Marcellinus of Carthage, Pope Marcellinus, evangelist, martyr, pope, saint

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The battle of Drepana or Drepanum (offshore modern Trapani, western coast of Sicily, 249 BC) was a naval battle between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, fought during the First Punic War. The result was the only naval battle won by Carthage in the conflict. Battle of Drepana - Prelude. The string of Roman naval victories, such as Mylae and Ecnomus, gave confidence to make a direct attack to the Carthaginian stronghold of Lilybaeum governed by Himilco. The city was blocked by a fleet com ...

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• Battle of Drepana - Not listening to chicken and its consequences
• Battle of Drepana - Aftermath

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698 - Events. Tiberius III deposes Leontius and becomes Byzantine Emperor. Arabs capture Carthage from the Byzantine Empire. Zhen (predecessor of the kingdom of Bohai) is established in northern Korea. At the Synod of Aquileia, the bishops of the diocese of Aquileia decided to end the Schism of the Three Chapters and return to communion with Rome. Khun Lo, a Thai prince, conquers Muang Sua, an early Laotian kingdom. 698 - Births. Including:

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256 - Events. Goths invade Asia Minor. Dacia was lost for the Roman Empire. Synod of Carthage. Emperor Valerian of Rome persecutes Christians. 256 - Births. Arius, founder of Arianism 256 - Deaths. Category: 256 ...

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Apologeticus is Tertullian's most famous works, consisting of apologetic and polemic, which was written in Carthage in the year 197 AD, during the reign of Septimius Severus. In this work he defends Christianity, demanding legal toleration and that Christians be treated as all other sects of the Roman Empire. It is in this treatise that one finds the phrase: "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of Christianity." Apologeticus is addressed to the rulers of the country and other places, and is bears resemblance thus to the Greek ...

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Utica was a Phoenician colony, on the African coast, near Carthage. See: Utica, Tunisia. Utica is the name of an episode of the television series Rome. Utica is also the name of some places in the United States of America: Utica, Illinois Utica, Indiana Utica, Kansas Utica, Kentucky Utica, Michigan Utica, Minnesota Utica, Mississippi Utica, Missouri Utica, Nebraska Utica, New York Utica, Ohio < ...

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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC - 140s BC - 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC Years: 151 BC 150 BC 149 BC 148 BC 147 BC - 146 BC - 145 BC 144 BC 143 BC 142 BC 141 BC 146 BC - Events. Carthage falls to Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus. Carthage was to be completely destroyed by order of the Roman Senate, despite Scipio's protests. End of the Third Punic War Battle of Corint ...

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Centuries: 2nd century BC - 3rd century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC - 202 BC - 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC Events October 19 - In an epic showdown between the two greatest generals of their age, Scipio Africanus Major defeats Hannibal in the Battle of Zama. On Hannibal's advice, Carthage sues for peace, ending the Second Punic War. Carthage is reduced to a client state.

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