Battle of Zama (202 BC): Hannibal Barca’s Waterloo
On a summer’s day in 202 BC, Roman forces and their Carthaginian counterparts met on the open fields of Zama (located in modern-day Tunisia) to wrestle each other for supreme...
Category: Carthage
Queen Dido: The Legendary Founder of the City of Carthage
Legend has it that Dido, who was a princess of Tyre, fled her home to establish her own city named Carthage (in modern-day Tunisia) around 814/3 BC. Apart from being...