Carthage Rose to Rival Rome — Then Was Erased, Myth and All

Carthage Rose to Rival Rome — Then Was Erased, Myth and All

Carthage was not a footnote to Rome's rise but its most formidable rival — a seafaring republic that commanded the western Mediterranean for centuries before Rome burned it block by block in 146 BCE. Even the famous story of salting the earth turns out to be a myth layered onto destruction that was already total. The post Carthage Rose to Rival Rome — Then Was Erased, Myth and All appeared first on History Collection.