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 ...
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
Fear propelled them more than any real transgressions on the part of the Carthaginians. The First Punic War was largely ...
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2,300-year-old battering ram — used in Roman battle — found off coast of Sicily. See it
Long before airplanes and artillery, ancient battles were fought face-to-face on land and sea. Thousands of years ago, one of these historic battles took place around the modern-day Egadi Islands ...
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On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
Over the course of almost 140 years they fought what became known as the Punic Wars: (The name Punic derives from the Romans’ word for the Carthaginians, Punicus or Poenicus, which refers to ...