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Hanno the Navigator — Carthaginian explorer; Hanno, son of Hannibal — Carthaginian general in the First Punic War; Hanno, Messana garrison commander — Carthaginian general in The First Punic War; Hanno, son of Bomilcar — Carthaginian officer in the Second Punic War; Hasdrubal I of Carthage — Magonid king of Ancient Carthage 530–510 BC
The girls also talk of how a soothsayer promised that they would soon be free. Hanno stops them, and insists that they must come with him to a court. Act 5.4 (cont.) (1226–1273): iambic septenarii (48 lines) The girls are puzzled. Hanno teasingly claims that they must be taken to court because they have stolen his daughters.
Neo-Punic refers to the dialect of Punic spoken after the fall of Carthage and after the Roman conquest of the former Punic territories in 146 BC. The dialect differed from the earlier Punic language, as is evident from divergent spelling compared to earlier Punic and by the use of non-Semitic names, mostly of Libyco-Berber or Iberian origin.
The contribution of autochthonous North African populations in Carthaginian history is obscured by the use of terms like "Western Phoenicians", and even to an extent, "Punic", in the literature to refer to Carthaginians, as it implies a primarily colonial population and diminishes indigenous involvement in the Carthaginian Empire.
The population, made up of a majority of poor people or craftsmen and a minority of wealthy merchants, had a say in the city's affairs, but probably only the men. [25] Slaves and freedmen had no political rights; on the other hand, some foreigners obtained civic rights, in particular as a result of services rendered. [ 62 ]
The Punic religion, Carthaginian religion, or Western Phoenician religion in the western Mediterranean was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety of the polytheistic ancient Canaanite religion.
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The term Carthaginian (Latin: Carthaginiensis [karˌtʰaːgɪniˈẽːsɪs]) usually refers to the civilisation of ancient Carthage. It may also refer to: Punic people, the Semitic-speaking people of Carthage; Punic language, also known as Carthaginian; Carthaginian, a three-masted schooner built in 1921