Carthage

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Phoenician colony ancient city-state archaeological site maritime empire

Carthage was an influential ancient Phoenician city-state and maritime empire in North Africa, renowned for its trade networks and conflicts with Rome during the Punic Wars.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Carthage canonical 257
ancient Carthage 6
Carthage, Tunisia 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician colony ⓘ
ancient city-state ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
maritime empire ⓘ
aftermath city razed ⓘ
territory annexed by Rome ⓘ
capitalOf Carthaginian Empire ⓘ
destroyedBy Roman Republic ⓘ
destructionEvent Third Punic War ⓘ
destructionYear 146 BC ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
engagedInConflictWith Roman Republic ⓘ
foundedBy Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicians

Tyre ⓘ
foundingLegendFeatures Dido ⓘ
Elissa ⓘ
governmentType oligarchic republic ⓘ
hadInstitution Council of Elders ⓘ
Suffetes ⓘ
hasFoundingDateApproximate 9th century BC ⓘ
c. 814 BC ⓘ
hasModernMunicipality Carthage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Carthage, Tunisia
knownFor Punic Wars ⓘ
surface form: Punic Wars with Rome

extensive trade networks ⓘ
powerful navy ⓘ
languageUsed Phoenician language ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician

Punic ⓘ
laterRebuiltBy Augustus ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
locatedIn North Africa ⓘ
modern-day Tunisia ⓘ
locatedNear Gulf of Tunis ⓘ
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
mainDeity Baal ⓘ
surface form: Baal Hammon

Astarte ⓘ
surface form: Tanit
modernCountry Tunisia ⓘ
notableCommander Hamilcar Barca ⓘ
Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ
surface form: Hannibal Barca

Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ
participatedIn First Punic War ⓘ
Second Punic War ⓘ
Third Punic War ⓘ
practicedReligion Canaanite religion ⓘ
statusInRomanPeriod Roman colony ⓘ
provincial capital of Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType cultural ⓘ

Referenced by (278)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunisia → hasHistoricalRegion → Carthage ⓘ
Tunisia → hasHistoricalSite → Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Carthage
Punic Wars → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
Punic Wars → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: First Punic War
Punic Wars → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Punic War
Punic Wars → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Third Punic War
Phoenician civilization → hasColony → Carthage ⓘ
Phoenician civilization → influenced → Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic civilization
Sicily → formerColonyOf → Carthage ⓘ
Isis → worshipCenter → Carthage ⓘ
Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → countryOfCitizenship → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → birthPlace → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → allegiance → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
this entity surface form: Carthaginian Republic
Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → residence → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
Tunis → nearbyAncientCity → Carthage ⓘ
President of Tunisia → locatedIn → Carthage ⓘ
Archaeological Site of Carthage → locatedIn → Carthage ⓘ
Archaeological Site of Carthage → partOf → Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Carthage
Archaeological Site of Carthage → associatedWithCivilization → Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian civilization
Council of Carthage (418) → location → Carthage ⓘ
Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis → associatedWith → Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian civilization
Tertullian → birthPlace → Carthage ⓘ
Tertullian → regionOfActivity → Carthage ⓘ
Virgil's Aeneid → setting → Carthage ⓘ
Carthage → hasModernMunicipality → Carthage self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthage, Tunisia
Punic script → usedIn → Carthage ⓘ
Tripolitania → wasControlledBy → Carthage ⓘ
Roman navy → garrisonedAt → Carthage ⓘ
Third Punic War → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
Third Punic War → place → Carthage ⓘ
Third Punic War → belligerent → Carthage ⓘ
Third Punic War → primaryOpponentOfRome → Carthage ⓘ
Battle of Cannae → belligerent → Carthage ⓘ
Phoenician language → associatedWith → Carthage ⓘ
Phoenician religion → practicedIn → Carthage ⓘ
Phoenician religion → hasCenter → Carthage ⓘ
Baal → cultCenter → Carthage ⓘ
Battle of Zama → belligerent → Carthage ⓘ
Battle of Zama → decisiveAgainst → Carthage ⓘ
Eshmun → worshippedIn → Carthage ⓘ
Motya → connectedTo → Carthage ⓘ
Second Punic War → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
Africa Proconsularis → capital → Carthage ⓘ
Africa Proconsularis → majorCity → Carthage ⓘ
Lixus → underControlOf → Carthage ⓘ
Vandal Kingdom → capital → Carthage ⓘ
Vandals → capital → Carthage ⓘ
Genseric → deathPlace → Carthage ⓘ
Genseric → movedCapitalTo → Carthage ⓘ
Middle East and North Africa → hasHistoricalCivilization → Carthage ⓘ