While the mayors of the cities did sign a peace treaty in 1985, it was a symbolic gesture. In reality, the wars between the two ancient civilizations ended more than 2,000 years prior when Rome ...

Trace the epic rivalry between Carthage and Rome through all three Punic Wars (264–146 BC), and discover why Rome ultimately emerged victorious. From Hannibal’s brilliant campaigns to Carthage’s naval ...

The Punic Wars from the Carthaginian perspective reveal a struggle for survival against an emerging Roman power. From the ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive). By the ...