Carthage Carthage Baal is a Semitic title and honorific meaning lord that is used for various gods, spirits and demons particularly of the Levant. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baal"
Byrsa was the walled citadel above the harbour in ancient Carthage. It was also the name of the hill it rested on. The name derives from the Phoenician word for citadel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Byrsa"
:This article is about the ancient city-state of Carthage in North Africa. For other uses of the word, see Carthage (disambiguation). ...more on Wikipedia about "Carthage"
Carthago Nova ("New Carthage", Carthage already meaning "new city" in Punic) is the Latin name of the most important Carthaginian coastal trading colony in the Iberian peninsula. It was founded on the coast of what became known in modern times as Murcia by the Carthaginian Hasdrubal, who extended the newly acquired Carthaginian empire in Iberia by skilful diplomacy, and consolidated it by the foundation of Carthago Nova in an excellent haven as the capital of a new province. By a treaty with Rome he fixed the river Ebro as the boundary between the two powers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carthago Nova"
Kerkouane is a Punic city in northeastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic War (c. 250 B.C.) and as a result was not rebuilt by the Romans. It has existed for almost 400 years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kerkouane"
Motya was a Phoenician town founded in the eight century BC as a commercial center, and situated on the small island of Mozia in a lagoon on the most western part of Sicily. ...more on Wikipedia about "Motya"
Pantelleria, or Pantalaria, ancient Cossyra, is an island in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 100 km (62 mi) southwest of the south-western extremity of Sicily, and 70 km (43 mi) E. of the African coast, belonging to the Sicilian province of Trapani. Pop. (2001), 6,044. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pantelleria"
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The Sacred Band of Carthage was the elite military force guarding the city of Carthage itself. Unlike most of the Carthaginian military, it was formed entirely of Carthaginian citizens as opposed to mercenaries; in fact, it was the only armed force of Carthage where mercenaries were forbidden to join. The Sacred Band of Astarte was a unit of heavy cavalry, operating in the Hellenistic style. Baal had his own Sacred Band as well, operating as heavy infantry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sacred Band of Carthage"
In Hebrew and several other Semitic languages, shofet (plural shoftim) literally means "Judge", from the verb "Š-F-T", "to pass judgment". In ancient Israel, the shoftim were chieftains who united various Israelite tribes in time of mutual danger to defeat foreign enemies. See Book of Judges for more details. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shofet"
Tanit was a Carthaginian lunar goddess. A consort of Baal, she was the Patron of Carthage. She may have been related to the Phoenician goddess Astarte (Ishtar). ...more on Wikipedia about "Tanit"
This article is about the ancient city of Utica in Tunisia. For other places with this name, see Utica. ...more on Wikipedia about "Utica, Tunisia"
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