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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 [...]

3 09, 2017

Who were the Etruscans? History of Italy

By |2018-10-02T12:06:39-07:00September 3rd, 2017|History, Romans|Comments Off on Who were the Etruscans? History of Italy

Etruscan tomb sculpture: the Etruscans liked fancy tombs From Villanovans to Etruscans Around 700 BC, the Bronze Age people we call the Villanovans started to get ideas from the Greeks and Phoenicians who were sailing around the [...]

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