Engineering An Empire: the Carthage (History Channel program) Part 2/3

After its founding at the end of the ninth century B.C., this city soon grew into one of greatest civilizations of the Ancient World - a remarkable city-state that dominated the Mediterranean for over 600 years. Over that span of time, Carthaginian engineers harnessed their extensive resources and manpower to develop some of the ancient world's most groundbreaking technology. Like the Egyptian and Greek masters before them, they built colossal structures able to withstand the ravages of time and man.

Carthage was protected by a massive harbor that held hundreds of war ships - which formed the core of antiquity's most formidable navy. And to protect the capital, an intricate series of defensive walls were erected that stretched for more than 23 miles, and housed a standing army of more than 20,000 men.

For generations, Carthage defined power, strength and ingenuity for the ancient world. But by the third century B.C., the empire's existence was threatened by another emerging superpower across the pond - Rome. The two civilizations clashed in a series of three epic wars; a to-the-death struggle for supremacy that would last 118 years. When all was said and done, it would be the Romans who would inherit unrivalled status as the world's lone superpower, and go on to redefine the meaning of power and ingenuity.

But 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, this episode will examine the architecture and infrastructure that enabled the rise and fall of the Carthage Empire.

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[ulongkoror]

@herrzorlo

how much information can you squeeze into a 40 minutes program?they can only talk so much in terms of the wars,and whats more important?the sicilian wars,or the punic wars that crippled and destroyed carthage?

[PremiumZero]

02:25 that is statue of Hannibal. Now that put stop to your pointless race questions!

[soolerman]

@6holy Your English is just fin mate :-)

[6holy]

4/ conclusion: the race does not matter for ancient people, make it an exemple.

5/ I'm tunisian and i know what i am talking about, and sorry for the bad english.

[6holy]

1/ Carthaginian people were from different origin because of the commercial caracter of the city and its place in the map between europe and africa.

2/ ethnicaly north african are AMAZIGH (free men) not black people not white people, phinicans are middel eastern and carthagian (punic) are mixed population between those two origins.

3/ Carthage army was a mecenary army in a big part, soldiers were from all countries fearing the domintion of rome (punic, celtic, gaulish, black,...)

[loveaction12]

really this documentary is showing wrong roman military those men are wearing lorica segmantata and during punic wars there was no marian reforms :L

[herrzorlo]

Rome, Rome, Rome, what the fuck, where are the Sicilian wars between Carthage and Syracuse? The greek sicilian city held back Carthage from the conquer of the mediterranean for more than a century. And Dionysius the Elder was the first to use quinquiremes against the Carthaginians themselves. Someone who knows nothing about ancient history could think that there were Carthage, there were Rome and one day they clashed.

HC is full of crap.

[ModernWarfare2vsODST]

1) Hamilcar did not surrender rather he bartered the peace

2) Rome did not get Sardinia. Sardinia remained Carthage's and even though a party on the island asked for Roman occupation the Romans turned it down as Carthage was suffering in the Mercenary war

3) They did not take all lands south of ebro rather most of central/eastern lands exception being lusitania

4) Lol Hannibal was not religous just realistic on the need to kill ROme over Saguntum

5) Alexander was better im sorry

[ModernWarfare2vsODST]

Carthage failed naval wise in this war...to Rome. Really their performance in the Punic wars were only salavaged by Hamilcar and Hannibal...this documentary is so fucking bullcrap...so bullcrap

[ModernWarfare2vsODST]

Also Rome had NO settlements on Carthage and the dispute grew out of a small dispute. Also historians believe Carthage first sailed to America please verify this?