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Carthage: Prosperous Phoenician Colony That Became Dominant Power In The Western Mediterranean

AncientPages.com | May 21, 2020

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ruins of Carthage (its Phoenician name means 'Kart-hadasht '("new town")) are located approximately 18 km northeast of Tunis on the coast of North

The Naval Battle Near Ecnomus (256 BC) Description from source: The Roman Fleet Victorious over the Carthaginians at the Battle of Cape Ecnomus; No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/) ... This drawing is one of a series of illustrations Saint-Aubin made in the 1760s for an ambitious history of Rome. Engravings after drawings as well as maps were to accompany this multi-volume series which was never completed. In 1789, twenty-nine engraved plates from Saint-Aubin's drawings illustrated a more modest Roman history.

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Battle Of Cape Ecnomus: One Of The Greatest Naval Battles In History

AncientPages.com | June 17, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In 256 BC, during the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.) one of the greatest naval battles in history took place off the coast

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On This Day In History: Battle Of The Egadi Islands Took Place – On Mar 10, 241 BC

AncientPages.com | March 10, 2017

AncientPages.com - On March 10, 241 BC, the Carthaginian relieving fleet was defeated near the Aegates Islands off western Sicily, and the event is known as the Battle of the