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Definitions of carthage
  1. noun
    an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
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  • hannibal general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
  • scipio Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
  • dido (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas
  • punic of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
  • punic the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage
  • utica an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD
  • carthaginian of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
  • carthaginian a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage
  • publius cornelius scipio africanus major Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
  • punic war one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC
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