CARTHAGE HAD EXISTED for over half a millennium when the Romans destroyed it in 146 BCE. Located in a natural harbor on the coast of modern day Tunisia, it was for centuries the great maritime ...

Carthage fought with Roman ships . Carthage seems to have fought the battle with a fleet that partly consisted of captured Roman ships. "Of the 19 securely known rams from this area, ...

Carthage: The Roman Holocaust. By Dewi Cooke and reviewer. September 7, 2006 — 10.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later.

The Roman Republic flourished for nearly 500 years, ... The Romans succeeded in conquering Carthage, forcing the city to give its remaining territory, and cede its autonomy, to Rome, ...

Roman catapult at the siege of Carthage with Cato's phrase, by Edward Poynter/Image: public domain at Wikimedia Commons Throughout the year 147 B.C., Roman senators became accustomed to attending a ...

I n August 378 AD, the Roman army suffered a catastrophic defeat at Adrianople, near modern Edirne on what is now the Turkish-Bulgarian border.Tens of thousands of soldiers were slaughtered when the ...