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The Punic people, usually known as the Carthaginians [1] (and sometimes as Western Phoenicians), ...
Punic people by century (10 C) Pages in category "Punics" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Adorned Statue of the Punic Goddess Tanit, 5th-3rd centuries BC, from the necropolis of Puig des Molins, Ibiza (Spain), now housed in the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Barcelona) The Punic religion , Carthaginian religion , or Western Phoenician religion in the western Mediterranean was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety of the ...
It was the centre of the Carthaginian Empire, a major power led by the Punic people who dominated the ancient western and central Mediterranean Sea. Following the Punic Wars, Carthage was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC, who later rebuilt the city lavishly. [6] [7] [8]
The Punic language, a variety of the Phoenician language, seems to have survived well past written use. Arab geographer al-Bakri described a people who lived in Sirte who spoke a language which was not Berber, Latin, or Coptic, well after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. Punic culture survived the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC. [28]
During the 3rd century BC, the Barcids comprised one of the leading Phoenician families in the ruling oligarchy of Carthage. Realizing that the expansion of the Roman Republic into the Mediterranean Sea threatened the mercantile power of Carthage, they fought in the First Punic War (264–241 BC) and prepared themselves for the Second Punic War (218–201 BC).
Pages in category "1st-century BC Punic people" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Pages in category "2nd-century BC Punic people" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.