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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What’s the Roman salute? Here’s the history of Musk’s controversial hand gesture
This straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist ... film set in ancient Rome at the time of the Second Punic War (against Carthage which lasted from 218 to 201 BC).
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Archaeologists Uncover Roman Mask Mold Depicting Medusa, Say It Was Used as a Protective Charm
Archaeologists Uncover Roman Mask Mold Depicting Medusa, Say It Was Used as a Protective Charm The archaeological site of ...
Incredible photos show moment Mount Etna erupts spewing mountains of ash and lava into air
Europe’s tallest volcano, Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, began erupting on Tuesday in an impressive lava flow emerging ...
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The world’s greatest ‘lost cities’ (and how to discover them)
Various factors – ongoing war, the coming of Buddhism as a ... the heartbeat of the Punic Empire in the first millennium BC. But the fight it picked with Rome was its undoing.
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Nine quick facts about the history of timekeeping
During the Punic Wars, the Romans took a sundial from the ... needed hardly any electrical power to operate. These were the first to be sent into space, and they were followed by many more.
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1st Century BCE Medusa Mask Mold Reveals Insights into Roman Sicily’s Cultural and Economic Practices
Archaeologists in Finziade, Sicily, have uncovered a 1st century BCE mold used to create masks of Medusa, shedding light on ...
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Total War Rome: The Board Game review - a slightly baffling triumph
This game has been a long time coming – we first reported on its development in 2021 ... of northern Spain and lost the most celebrated Roman general of the Second Punic War to a grossly outnumbered ...
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History of Ibiza and Formentera
First Punic settlement on Ibiza in Sa Caleta Its population in the ... Rome. This led to a series of wars between the two civilisations. After the second such conflict, the Roman Republic was ...
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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 ...