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Carthage

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Carthage , ancient city, on the northern shore of Africa, on a peninsula in the Bay of Tunis and near modern Tunis. The Latin name, Carthago or Cartago, was derived from the Phoenician name, which meant "new city." The Rise of Carthage Carthage was founded (traditionally by Dido ) from Tyre in the 9th cent. BC The city-state built up trade and in the 6th and 5th cent. BC began to acquire dominance in the W Mediterranean. Merchants and explorers established a wide net of trade that brought great wealth to Carthage. The state was tightly controlled by an aristocracy of nobles and wealthy... Read more
Carthage
Carthage an ancient city on the coast of North Africa near present-day Tunis. Founded by the Phoenicians c. 814 bc, Carthage became a major force in the Mediterranean, and came into conflict with Rome in the Punic Wars. It was finally destroyed... Read more
Carthage, Councils of
Carthage, Councils of. Early ecclesiastical Councils held at Carthage include: 1. Those under St Cyprian in 251, 252, 254, 255, and 256. The earlier ones were concerned with the reconciliation of those who had lapsed in the Decian persecution, the... Read more

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