engineering an empire -carthage part 4

Carthage, a remarkable city-state that dominated the Mediterranean for over 600 years, harnessed their extensive resources to develop some of the ancient world's most groundbreaking technology. For generations, Carthage defined power, strength and ingenuity, but by the third century B.C., the empire's existence was threatened by another emerging superpower, Rome. However, when the Romans engineered their empire, they were only following the lead of the Carthaginians. From the city's grand harbor to the rise of one of history's greatest generals, Hannibal Barca, we will examine the architecture and infrastructure that enabled the rise and fall of the Carthaginian Empire

Category:

Education

Tags:

• kemet
• nubia
• egypt
• roman
• greece
• blackpower
• aryan
• persia
• arab
• whitepower
• moors
• booty
• fights
• mtv
• videogame
• cnn
• nordic

[SPQR62]

Peter Weller tells it like it was!

Rome despite it's brutality gave much to the world.

[DFX500]

viva carthage! i was just luck that rome won the wars!( e.g. the fist punic war when the romans found a carthagenian warship and copied it! or the fact that only because of the missing support of the city carthage hannibal couldn´t attack rome) carthage demonstrated its power and its superior strengths in cannae and near the river ticinus)! carthage won and beat the romans and its pride! The carthagenian armee was the best in this time! viva CARTHAGE!!!!

[xenotypos]

@shinybaka It's not so simple, a civilisation isn't just its building or its urbanization (the speciality of antic civilizations), technology is a wide subject. Middle-age weren't as primitive as people often think, we lost much but some discoveries, little by little changed everything when europe, finally, start to build great structures again. The society was more mature, in antiquity people were children.

Oh and some civilisations never lost their knowledge from antiquity, like China.

[BaHaEzZz]

waw 450.000 killed :O

[GivenchyParisFr]

THIS IS LEBANON !!!!! !!!!!!!

[shinybaka]

People talk about how Romans made great contribution to history.

Imagine how far we'd be already had Carthage's technology was not loss. If they have fully equipped bathroom back then, by this time, I suppose we could be in space.

Then again, ever after the Romans, they're other people who burn down all those knowledge written.

Apparently, people back then like to reinvent the wheel again and again,

[SarukiKnight]

@iorixs Ah then yes I agree with you. The real decadent part of Rome was at first the imperial family. However after the construction of the Colosseum, Rome shifted from culture and art to barbarism. True, they still had great things to contribute and many still worked by the honor system which I try my best to follow. The Colosseum, as formidable as it may be, really marked the turning point of the slow decay of Rome.

[iorixs]

@SarukiKni so the story goes. but we are never told about the vestal virgins who were considered fundamental to the continuance of rome in their morality, purity, innocence and honesty. i like to think that rome was successful for a time because it adhered to principles of justice and honor, people would commit suicide rather than face disgrace. nowadays honor is considered a burden and a barrier to having a good time at the newest sodomite puke rave party. but rome become too barbaric and fell

[SarukiKnight]

@richie7778 Yes there was. Greece never was an empire and after Alexander the Great died, his empire was broken and the European section never was that strong. Greece was made of city states. Not ideal to face the might of an expending empire like Rome. Now, the difference between Rome and the Persia is that Persia preferred diplomacy and corruption. Rome was brutal. It gave no chances for Greece to win. Rome was lucky to survive and I wonder what the world would be if Carthage won.

[SarukiKnight]

@iorixs At that time, it is more the gods. You think that Rome wasn't decadent? Rome politics was more about murder than any country of our time. Rome has a far more bloody history. By the way, the legend of the creation of Rome says that Romulus killed his brother Remus to lead the city and give it its name. Not exactly that civilized.

[muf321]

@DFX500 romans r like the luckiest people in history, credit them though they took advantage of their luck