Roman Carthage

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Roman Carthage

• Lorrie Plonka
• Katie OFlanagan
• Tania Camuti

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Carthage

• The Phoenician name for Carthage is Kart-hadasht,
  which means New City or New Capital

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Timeline of Carthaginian History

• 814 Traditional date on which Carthage was
  founded by Elissa (Dido), sister of the King of
  Tyre.
• 750 Date on which Carthage founded according to
  archeological evidence.
• 700-500 Heavy Greek colonization of Sicily,
  Southern Italy, Southern Provence, Andalusia and
  Cyrenaica, encircling Carthaginian territory.
• 550 Carthage allies with the Etruscans against
  the Greeks. Led by Malchus defeat the Greeks in
  Sicily.
• 535 Carthage, with Etruscans, destroys Phocaean
  colony in Corsica and closes Sardinia-Corsica off
  to the Greeks.
• 507 First treaty with Rome
• 479-450 Carthage focuses on conquering Africa
  most of what is now Tunisia.
• 409 Carthage initiates attempts to conquer
  Sicily. Comes into conflict with Rome
• 350 Carthage becomes a leading Western power.
• 348 Second treaty with Rome.
• 334 Carthage makes peace with the Greek empire
  and with the Lagos monarchy in Egypt.
• 308 Bomilcar tries to make himself dictator in
  Carthage. Is defeated and tortured to death.
• 306 Third treaty with Rome.
• 265 Carthage and Rome support opposing sides in a
  war in Sicily.
• 264 Beginning of the First Punic War (Between
  Rome and Carthage)
• 262 Rome victorious at Messana. Syracuse goes
  over to Romans. Acragas falls to Romans.
• 241 End of the First Punic War. Carthage is
  defeated. Sicily is lost.
• 228 Carthago Nova (i.e. New Carthage, later
  Cartagena) founded by Hasdrubal.
• 226 Treaty with Rome defines Ebro River as
  boundary between spheres.

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Map of Ancient Mediterranean
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