Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula ...

Archaeological excavations in the locality of Cupa, in the municipality of Ugento in the southeastern tip of Italy, have uncovered remains of the ancient Messapian walls and numerous materials from ...

The Carthaginian empire left its mark in history, particularly well-known for the three large-scale "Punic Wars" with the rising Roman Republic, including the Carthaginian general Hannibal's ...

Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors. Nature, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08913-3 ...

Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization. An international team of researchers analyzing genome-wide data from 210 ancient individuals has ...

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The Roman general Scipio and Carthaginian Hannibal dueled with each other during the last years of the third century B.C., the final phase of what we now know as the Second Punic War.

The name Marcus Valerius Laevinus doesn’t mean much to most history enthusiasts, not even to those interested in Ancient Rome, as he remains overshadowed by other contemporaries who achieved lasting ...

Hannibal first came into prominence in 219 BCE when the Carthaginian army under his command attacked the city of Saguntum (in modern Spain), triggering the Second Punic War with Rome.

Published: August 5, 2024 10:35pm EDT Elephas maximus Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana The famed Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca also used elephants in battle. Gilmanshin/Shutterstock ...