Phoenicians - Carthage
The Phoenicians. The Phoenicians were traders who settled in Carthage in North Africa There the Phoenicians established an empire, came into conflict with the budding imperial power of Rome and fought three Punic Wars.
Phoenician Traits According to Greeks and Romans
Benjamin Isaac, in "The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity" lists the terms used by Greeks and Romans when describing the Phoenicians.
Benjamin Isaac, in "The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity" lists the terms used by Greeks and Romans when describing the Phoenicians.
Founding of Carthage
Information on the founding of Carthage.
Information on the founding of Carthage.
Religion in Carthage
Roy Decker looks at the religion of the Phoenicians, including the practice of child sacrifice.
Roy Decker looks at the religion of the Phoenicians, including the practice of child sacrifice.
Bibliography
Bibliography of 434 articles, books, and other works on the Phoenicians, of which some are in English.
Bibliography of 434 articles, books, and other works on the Phoenicians, of which some are in English.
Carthage
Concise history of Carthage, with limited timeline, from the Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
Concise history of Carthage, with limited timeline, from the Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
Carthaginian Empire
Map of the Mediterranean in the third century B.C., with areas of the Carthaginian Empire in red.
Map of the Mediterranean in the third century B.C., with areas of the Carthaginian Empire in red.
Constitution of Carthage
Aristotle (c. 340 B.C.) compares Carthaginian oligarchy with Spartan. Aristotle claims accident keeps the populous loyal.
Aristotle (c. 340 B.C.) compares Carthaginian oligarchy with Spartan. Aristotle claims accident keeps the populous loyal.
Hasdrubal
Brief entry on Hasdrubal, from the Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
Brief entry on Hasdrubal, from the Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
History of Carthage
Includes section on mythical history with artwork illustrating section of Vergil's Aeneid, maps, accompanying table, and more.
Includes section on mythical history with artwork illustrating section of Vergil's Aeneid, maps, accompanying table, and more.
Livy XXI
Livy's description of the war with Hannibal.
Livy's description of the war with Hannibal.
Legenda Didonis martiris, Cartaginis regine
Legend of Dido, in Middle English.
Legend of Dido, in Middle English.
Missionaries of Civilization
A large site on almost every aspect of the Phoenicians, their origins, law, language, commerce, religion, literature, music and more.
A large site on almost every aspect of the Phoenicians, their origins, law, language, commerce, religion, literature, music and more.
Phoenician Archaeology
Examination of photographs of the Melitensia Quinta reveals that sometime between its discovery (c. 1855) and 1874 the plate (commemorating the construction of temples by the people of Gozo) was scraped.
Examination of photographs of the Melitensia Quinta reveals that sometime between its discovery (c. 1855) and 1874 the plate (commemorating the construction of temples by the people of Gozo) was scraped.