On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two ...
Africa's incredible city that was 'one of the great capitals of the ancient world'
This ancient city has a history that stretches back nearly three millennia and it was once the heart of a powerful Mediterranean empire until its major demise by the Romans.
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Italy’s Magnificent Aeolian Islands and Their Ancient Greek Heritage
The ancient Greeks settled on the Aeolian Islands sometime in the Bronze Age where they traded with their neighbors ...
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Ancient Greek Tyrants Who Proved to Be Good for Their Cities
The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.
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‘Hannibal and Scipio’ Review: Carthage Versus Rome
an esteemed historian of the ancient world, has made “parallel” two figures whose lives intertwined and were mostly defined by their clashes. The Roman general Scipio and Carthaginian Hannibal ...
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Justice and the law
Both were violent gangsters. Carthaginian refers to the ancient city of Carthage in North Africa, now in modern day Tunisia. It was a very powerful city in the 7th – 3rd centuries BC ...