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Essentials
- HomeCarthage at a glance: key dates, legacy, figures.
- TimelineFrom 814 to 146 BC, filterable by era.
- Animated mapTerritories, Hannibal's campaign, voyages, allies.
- Carthage lives in TunisiaThe name, Africa, today's legacy.
- The victors' historyWhat Rome said, what we know.
- QuizSix themes, sixty questions to test your knowledge.
History
- The foundingElissa, Tyre and Byrsa hill.
- The Punic WarsThree wars against Rome, 264–146.
- The Mercenary WarThe “truceless war” of 241–237 that inspired Salammbô.
- The fall of CarthageThe siege of 149–146 and its aftermath.
- Carthage after 146Roman colony, Vandals, Byzantines, Arab conquest, today's town.
- Wealth and RomeWhy Carthage's prosperity worried Rome.
- Africa and its nameAfri, Africa, Ifriqiya.
- Historic placesPunic sites and towns bearing its name.
- The Punic worldSicily, Sardinia, Ibiza, Malta, Libya: Carthage's sister cities.
Civilisation
- Institutions and societySuffetes, Senate, the Hundred and Four and the people's assembly.
- EconomyRoutes, harbours, metals and coinage.
- AgricultureMago, the olive and the wheat of Cap Bon.
- ReligionBaal Hammon, Tanit, Melqart, Eshmun.
- Art and craftsStelae, masks, jewellery, glass, coins.
- Language and writingThe Phoenician alphabet, Punic and its inscriptions.
- Daily lifeHome, food, clothing, names, festivals.
- Cultural legacyCarthage in literature, opera, painting and film.
People
- All peopleThe Barcid family tree and 15 figures.
- Elissa / DidoThe founding queen.
- Hamilcar BarcaThe father, from Sicily to Hispania.
- The two HasdrubalsThe Fair and Barca.
- Mago BarcaThe youngest, from the Trebia to Liguria.
- Hanno the NavigatorThe Periplus to West Africa.
- Mago the AgronomistThe treatise in 28 books.
- SophonisbaBetween Syphax and Masinissa.
- MasinissaThe Numidian king, Carthage's ally then gravedigger.
- Hanno the GreatLeader of the party opposed to the Barcids.
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