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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
ancient Carthage 3
ancient city of Carthage 3
Carthaginian civilization 2

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 (91)

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

Lake of Tunis → adjacentTo → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
this entity surface form: Carthaginian Republic
Hasdrubal Barca → allegiance → Carthage ⓘ
Bruttii → alliedWith → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: First Macedonian War
Barca → associatedPlace → Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carthaginian civilization
this entity surface form: Carthaginian civilization
Battle of Cannae → belligerent → Carthage ⓘ
Battle of Trebia → belligerent → Carthage ⓘ
Battle of Zama → belligerent → Carthage ⓘ
Pyrrhic War → belligerent → Carthage ⓘ
Third Punic War → belligerent → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
Tertullian → birthPlace → Carthage ⓘ
Gulf of Tunis → borders → Carthage ⓘ
Africa Proconsularis → capital → Carthage ⓘ
Vandal Kingdom → capital → Carthage ⓘ
Vandals → capital → Carthage ⓘ
suffete of Carthage → capital → Carthage ⓘ
Hamilcar Barca → citizenship → Carthage ⓘ
Punic Wars → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: First Punic War
Punic Wars → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
Punic Wars → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Punic War
Punic Wars → conflictBetween → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Third Punic War
Motya → connectedTo → Carthage ⓘ
Tunis Governorate → contains → Carthage ⓘ
Barca → country → Carthage ⓘ
Mago Barca → country → Carthage ⓘ
suffete of Carthage → country → Carthage ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
Baal → cultCenter → Carthage ⓘ
Genseric → deathPlace → Carthage ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Carthage
this entity surface form: ancient Carthage
Akragas → enemyOf → Carthage ⓘ
Sicily → formerColonyOf → Carthage ⓘ
Roman navy → garrisonedAt → Carthage ⓘ