The name Carthage /ˈkɑːrθɪdʒ/ is the Early Modern anglicisation of Middle French Carthage /kar.taʒ/, from Latin Carthāgō and Karthāgō (cf. Greek Karkhēdōn … See more

Foundation legends
The specific date, circumstances, and motivations concerning Carthage's founding are unknown. All surviving accounts of the … See more

Power and organization
Before the fourth century, Carthage was most likely a monarchy, although modern scholars debate whether Greek writers mislabeled political … See more

Carthaginians spoke a variety of Phoenician called Punic, a Semitic language originating in their ancestral homeland of See more

Compared to contemporaneous civilizations such as Rome and Greece, far less is known about Carthage, as most indigenous records were lost in the wholesale … See more

The military of Carthage was one of the largest in the ancient world. Although Carthage's navy was always its main military force, the army acquired a key role in extending … See more

Carthage's commerce extended by sea throughout the Mediterranean and perhaps as far as the Canary Islands, and by land across the Sahara desert. According to … See more