Second Punic War

3 10, 2017

Roman North Africa – Carthage to Augustine

By |2019-08-21T09:32:16-07:00October 3rd, 2017|Africa|Comments Off on Roman North Africa – Carthage to Augustine

Roman North Africa: This is the amphitheater in ancient Carthage where Romans killed Christians during the Decian persecution. Carthage controls the Mediterranean By the 300s BC, the North African port of [...]

3 09, 2017

Second Punic War – Carthage and Rome

By |2018-04-25T10:05:10-07:00September 3rd, 2017|History, Romans|Comments Off on Second Punic War – Carthage and Rome

Hamilcar (Hannibal's father) (We know about this mainly from Polybius and Livy) The Carthaginians had a lot of trouble paying the money the Romans demanded from them after the First Punic War. So their general Hamilcar decided to [...]

19 05, 2017

History of Gold

By |2018-04-10T00:17:19-07:00May 19th, 2017|Economy, Science|Comments Off on History of Gold

History of gold: Gold bust of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamon (ca. 1300 BC) People have been using gold to make jewelry since the Stone Age. You can find it just [...]

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