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  2. Ancient Carthage - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Carthaginian stone stelae dedicated to Tanit in the Carthage tophet. Modern archaeology in formerly Punic areas has discovered a number of large cemeteries for children and infants, representing a civic and religious institution for worship and sacrifice; these sites are called the tophet by archaeologists, as their Punic name is unknown.

  3. Punic people - Wikipedia

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    In the course of the Punic wars (264–146 BC), the Romans challenged Carthaginian hegemony in the western Mediterranean, culminating in the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC, but the Punic language and Punic culture endured under Roman rule, surviving in some places until late antiquity.

  4. List of Carthaginians - Wikipedia

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    This an alphabetical List of ancient Carthaginians. These include all citizens of ancient Carthage remembered in history, before the final Roman destruction of the state. Note that some persons may be listed multiple times, once for each part of the name.

  5. Carthage - Wikipedia

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    Carthage [a] was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. It became the capital city of the civilization of Ancient Carthage and later Roman ...

  6. Punic language - Wikipedia

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    Punic literary works were written in the period before 146 BC. For example, Mago wrote 28 volumes about animal husbandry. The Roman Senate appreciated the works so much that after taking Carthage, they presented them to Berber princes who owned libraries there. Mago's work was translated into Greek by Cassius Dionysius of Utica. A Latin version ...

  7. Denzel Washington’s Casting as Ancient General Hannibal in ...

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    Denzel Washington being cast in Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Netflix movie as ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal is sparking some controversy in Tunisia, the home country of the great military ...

  8. Phoenician settlement of North Africa - Wikipedia

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    These settlements displaced the local peoples, and caused the importance of the Greek culture and language to diminish in importance west of Tripoli. [7] The descendants of the Phoenician settlers in Ancient Carthage came to be known as the Punic people. From the 8th century BC, most inhabitants of present-day Tunisia were Punic. [8]

  9. Denzel Washington’s casting as Hannibal in Netflix film ...

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    Denzel Washington’s casting as the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal has sparked controversy in Tunisia, ... On Thursday 30 November, the country’s Minister of Cultural Affairs, Hayet ...