Yet, Rome was unable to erase Carthage from history in its entirety, says Miles. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979, the ancient site ... bikes and provides a map through key locations.

DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic similarity to their counterparts in the Levant ...

Sasha Trubetskoy of Sasha’s Maps turned the roads of ancient Rome circa ... and sailboat would get you from Rome to Byzantium in about 25 days, Rome to Carthage in 4-5 days.

the ancient city of Carthage, located in modern-day Tunis in Tunisia, was a major center of trade and influence in the western Mediterranean. The city fought a series of wars against Rome that ...

Then came the rivalry with Rome and the three Punic Wars, which ended in 146 B.C. after a brutal siege as the Romans razed Carthage, destroyed its libraries and, tradition says, sowed its ground ...

Located in a natural harbor on the coast of modern day Tunisia, it was for centuries the great maritime power of the ancient Mediterranean ... was lost when Rome eliminated Carthage at the ...

ROME, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A marble map of ancient Rome, that hasn't been put on public view for almost 100 years, is getting its very own museum within sight of the Colosseum. The Museum of the ...

The battering ram was once attached to the bow of an ancient warship ... in a naval clash off the coast of Sicily. By then, Rome and Carthage had been fighting for more than two decades.