The Punic Wars from the Carthaginian perspective reveal a struggle for survival against an emerging Roman power. From the ...

Hannibal of Carthage (modern Tunisia), a great military strategist, led elephants through the Alps to defeat Rome.

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient North Africa by classicist Professor Josephine Quinn and comedian Darren Harriott to learn ...

Carthage, Tunisia (WHTM) In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two major powers in the Mediterranean Sea area vied ...

Researchers report evidence of lead-silver mining in Carthage during the Punic wars, which may have conferred economic strength during and after the wars. The Punic wars, in which the powers of ...

After decades of war between their cities, the generals Scipio Africanus and Hannibal faced off at the Battle of Zama.

The helmet, estimated to be about 2,265 years old, was found in the waters around the Aegadian Islands off the coast of Sicily, officials said. Alexandra Smielova Unsplash An extraordinarily ...

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