The Rise & Fall of Carthage

The History of Ancient Carthage
(The Rise & Fall of the Carthaginian Empire)
The Carthaginian Empire Documentary
History of the Carthaginian Empire from Phoenician colonization, to the Punic conflicts with Ancient Rome.
#History #Carthage #Epimetheus #Rome #AncientRome
Sources:
The Carthaginians 6th-2nd Century BC
Armies of the Carthaginian Wars 265-146 BC
lacrosse ancient medieval dictionary
The Carthaginians by Dexter Hoyos
The Carthaginian Empire by Nathan Pilkington
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  • @miketacos9034
    @miketacos90344 жыл бұрын

    Normal people: "Can't believe he's going to school already! They grow up so fast." Me, an intellectual: "Now I know how Tyre felt, seeing Carthage rise."

  • @leonardodisavino6166

    @leonardodisavino6166

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @assumjongkey1383

    @assumjongkey1383

    3 жыл бұрын

    I did not understand the joke

  • @indiekiddrugpatrol3117

    @indiekiddrugpatrol3117

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tyre and Carthage is basically and ancient version of England and America

  • @mrtrollnator123

    @mrtrollnator123

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117the difference is britain didn't become conquered

  • @merlingt1
    @merlingt14 жыл бұрын

    The history of Carthage is what the Romans want you to know about Carthage.

  • @EpimetheusHistory

    @EpimetheusHistory

    4 жыл бұрын

    True...+ some Greek opinions

  • @faubourglincoln

    @faubourglincoln

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s crazy how I see Tunisia in almost every video (antiquity, romans, islam, crusade, ottomans, ww2....) of every history channel, a country I didn’t know it even exists 6 months ago..

  • @AmxCsifier

    @AmxCsifier

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@faubourglincoln Planet Tatouine is in Tunisia and you don't know Tunisia? 😂

  • @AmxCsifier

    @AmxCsifier

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@faubourglincoln You should visit sometime

  • @DarthPlato

    @DarthPlato

    4 жыл бұрын

    Historians are able to tell the difference between what happened and what Rome wants us to believe. There was a Greek historian that traveled with Hannibal, whose sources were used by Polybius and Livy and others.

  • @AN474-e1o
    @AN474-e1o4 жыл бұрын

    It’s funny how the relationship between the Tyrians and the Carthaginians formed a kind of dark reflection of the Greeks and Romans. They imitated each other right down to rejecting monarchy in favor of a republic.

  • @jensjensen9035

    @jensjensen9035

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ajami you’re a fucking weeb

  • @AN474-e1o

    @AN474-e1o

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jensjensen9035 Yes.

  • @zoch9797

    @zoch9797

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ajami Trade includes more than just goods and materials, it includes knowledge and ideas. In all likely hood, Carthage imitated Rome’s style of government.

  • @adimsfromthea828

    @adimsfromthea828

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zoch9797 🤡🤡🤡 Carthage existed before Rome Rome copies Carthage and greece gouvernement rome copied carthage navy force copied carthage luxury

  • @finn4012
    @finn40122 жыл бұрын

    Man what a shame that the Romans burned down Carthage’s libraries. We could’ve learned so much about them and possibly a little about the Sea People (although that might be a stretch)

  • @colejames423

    @colejames423

    2 жыл бұрын

    Anytime I come across and account of a library being destroyed in the sacking of a great city, I always get a little bit sad. There could have been SOOO much knowledges tucked away in those writings, but it’s gone forever

  • @justinmalangoni9467

    @justinmalangoni9467

    2 жыл бұрын

    very true

  • @braydenleis4735

    @braydenleis4735

    2 жыл бұрын

    I got this feeling the first time I heard that the Spanish destroyed all kinds of writings from the Inca and maya

  • @septimiusseverus343

    @septimiusseverus343

    Жыл бұрын

    Strange how when Rome is sacked, it's a tragedy, but when Carthage is destroyed barely anyone seems to care.

  • @ozgurpeynirci4586

    @ozgurpeynirci4586

    Жыл бұрын

    @@septimiusseverus343 all the while carthage is actually more civilizational nation.

  • @iammathieuaoun
    @iammathieuaoun4 жыл бұрын

    I was raised in Beirut, Lebanon. When i was at school, we performed a play about the founding of Carthage, in which I played the role of a Phoenician construction worker😂 Keep it up!! I would love to learn more about Phoenicia and the Canaanites my ancestors!!

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    You probably don't want to look too hard. Phoenicians fit with the scattered northern tribes of Israel.

  • @iammathieuaoun

    @iammathieuaoun

    4 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Aislabie so be it! we’re all semitic after all

  • @rawenab2126

    @rawenab2126

    4 жыл бұрын

    Carthage was indeed founded by a Phoenician queen but it wasn’t a Phoenician empire! It was mostly Amazigh/Berber and even Hannibal Barca was of Amazigh descent.

  • @nizz32niz

    @nizz32niz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammathieuaoun Carthaginians are European, not Phoenicianwww.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2016-05-ancient-dna-phoenician-carthage-european.amp

  • @danieljohnson7958

    @danieljohnson7958

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nizz32niz Carthagenians and all ancient Africans were black and brown people of those lands

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-133 жыл бұрын

    The people of Carthage were the descendants of ancient Canaanites who settled at the Northern-most tip of Africa? Never knew _that._ Whoa.

  • @OkurkaBinLadin

    @OkurkaBinLadin

    3 жыл бұрын

    For whatever reason, english speaking countries love to potray Carthaginians as west Africans. Which gives off completely distorted view. They were enstranged cousins of Hebrews.

  • @faatmasgaatni6323

    @faatmasgaatni6323

    3 жыл бұрын

    🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳Tunisia

  • @ab5680

    @ab5680

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OkurkaBinLadin how were Canaanites and Jews related? Weren't they a separate people of the levant before the arrival of the Israelites?

  • @memcrew1

    @memcrew1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ab5680 they share the same dna

  • @EasternRomeOrthodoxy

    @EasternRomeOrthodoxy

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, they're repeating the same old historical mistake. The Cartaginians were NOT a Phoenician (=Canaanite) colony. They were only trading partners with the phoenicians. Phoenicians settled only in the Levant. Josephus made it clear that the northern African colonies originated in Epher son of Midian son of Abraham from his wife Keturah who were originally from north western part of Arabia!

  • @jbcheema9883
    @jbcheema98834 жыл бұрын

    "Let the Romans be relieved of their agony since they think it tries their patience too much, to wait for an old man's death." -Hannibal Barca

  • @TheTablePaper

    @TheTablePaper

    4 жыл бұрын

    How would we know any of Hannibal's quotes. Was he writing letters to the Romans? Probably legends.

  • @wassimmissaoui5885

    @wassimmissaoui5885

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually it's a wrong quote mate, this is the original one : "Let us now relieve the Romans of their fears by the death of a feeble old man." And here is the source : www.englishclub.com/ref/esl/Quotes/Last_Words/Let_us_now_relieve_the_Romans_of_their_fears_by_the_death_of_a_feeble_old_man._2721.php

  • @YTho-ev1ej
    @YTho-ev1ej4 жыл бұрын

    The fact the Romans took their history away is the most upsetting thing

  • @moshow93

    @moshow93

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not really because that was their goal for Rome and still is for the west.

  • @baneofbanes

    @baneofbanes

    4 жыл бұрын

    Urinal splashguard? or crocyamaka? “Still is (their goal) for the west” Lol Get a fucking grip man.

  • @tropicblue3457

    @tropicblue3457

    4 жыл бұрын

    Careful to not "victimize" Carthage. Remember that in the second greco-punic war they massacred and enslaved almost the entire population of prosperous Sicily. No nation or culture is immune to disgraceful actions in all history of mankind.

  • @Argacyan

    @Argacyan

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think the point Urinal made is that both Rome and colonial powers for the last maybe 600 years did the same thing in deliberately erasing the history of places they colonized - which is undebatable and only gets cemented more every year that documents get declassified.

  • @GooseGumlizzard

    @GooseGumlizzard

    4 жыл бұрын

    hey they brought it upon themselves. Start shit get hit

  • @eoinmaclean6478
    @eoinmaclean64784 жыл бұрын

    “Last night, the crying of the children kept me awake, and I had a terrible vision. I saw the fall of our City; bleached bones under a harsh sun. Carthage...gone! Why would Ba’al send such a vision? He’s not cruel, he has watched over us. We’ve had victories aplenty in war. Our merchants sail to all corners of the world. And yet now, I fear, I cannot help it. We are the envy of lesser peoples - they tell terrible lies about us! They do not understand so they lie! But the Romans, they are the masters of falsehood. War will come, I am sure of it. So, I will have no more false visions; and I think the children will be quiet tonight.” Had to put in the RTW reference ;)

  • @someorclad9738

    @someorclad9738

    4 жыл бұрын

    "My family, the House of Scipii, are beloved of the gods. A proud boast, but true all the same. In return we have served Rome, ruled well, led her armies to glory; it has cost us dearly, despite the love of the gods. Sometimes the hatred of men is stronger. Our dead lie in many graves, put there by Carthaginian swords...and a few Greek ones. Even Roman blades have taken Scipii lives; that, we do not forget, or forgive. So, now our time has come. The spirits of the dead cry out for blood. I will lead our family in this undertaking. The gods will grant us vengeance. When Sicily is Roman, when Carthage is crushed, when the other Roman families are gone, when the world is mine...then I will stand before the gods and be worthy of their love. And worthy to rule Rome!" House Scipii for life!

  • @SiriusDraconis

    @SiriusDraconis

    4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome comment!!! What or who is RTW???

  • @SiriusDraconis

    @SiriusDraconis

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@someorclad9738 And awesome comment from you too!!!

  • @someorclad9738

    @someorclad9738

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SiriusDraconis RTW = Rome Total War. One of the best strategy games there is my man. back during the glory days of western games (now its JRPGs and Japanese games, as it always was and is but I'm getting off topic). Not sure if it will run on modern systems though, but you can always give it a try. If Rome Total War won't run, there are guides to get it to run if I'm not mistaken. If it still won't run, then try the sequels, Rome Total War 2 and Attila Total War. Not as great as Rome Total War, but eh, you get what you get.

  • @SiriusDraconis

    @SiriusDraconis

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@someorclad9738 Thanks a bunch... I actually have the Rome total war collection on steam. I bought it the same time I bought civilization 5. Unfortunately, for me, I was still playing Kanes Wrath and Starcraft 2 and then my PC completely crashed and I never got to play them.

  • @OrochiCr
    @OrochiCr3 жыл бұрын

    Few people mention the peace treaty signed in 1985 between Rome and Carthage cities, for many something merely symbolic, but it moved me deeply to know that there are people that still take time to heal the wounds no matter how old these are. Kudos to the two mayors who made this peace treaty, and both cities to be an example to the modern world.

  • @tsopmocful1958
    @tsopmocful19584 жыл бұрын

    Rome never expected the Spanish expedition! (Apologies to Monty Python.)

  • @caleb-hines

    @caleb-hines

    4 жыл бұрын

    Their chief weapon was surprise. Surprise and fear. And a ruthless force of elephants.

  • @Ake-TL

    @Ake-TL

    4 жыл бұрын

    Caleb Hines haven’t Hannibal ravaged Italy for years, element of surprise is long gone by that time

  • @prigual2901

    @prigual2901

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@caleb-hines Hi, Hannibal didn't have so many elephants after the Alps

  • @tyronechillifoot5573
    @tyronechillifoot55734 жыл бұрын

    They probably gave us the First accounts of West africa specifically with trade between them and Mande people

  • @ronjayrose9706

    @ronjayrose9706

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably

  • @coolbule1238

    @coolbule1238

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Charles Lee Ray to qoute eddie bravo: look into it bro

  • @tyronechillifoot5573

    @tyronechillifoot5573

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Charles Lee Ray they traded with people along the West african coast

  • @shanecarubbi7864

    @shanecarubbi7864

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Noah Big boy There's a really cool video from the channel voices of the past that describes Hannos exploration of Africa.

  • @shaolindreams

    @shaolindreams

    4 жыл бұрын

    There also must be some integration with the Amazigh peoples, who have lived in that region since ancient times.

  • @aytaf5430
    @aytaf54304 жыл бұрын

    Masinissa and his Numidian/Lybian army switching sides, and fighting with the Romans (Scipio) against Hannibal is probably what hasten the inevitable fall of Carthage. i mean the Romans were damn strong and numerous at the time. Also not all the Berbers were on the side of Carthage in the first place, and what made Masinissa chose the Romans is the council of Carthage didn't keep there words and betrayed there allies. so instead of being another pawn that would be stabbed, he went with Rome. the thing is Hannibal was not the one responsible for the mess but the corrupt council.

  • @scorpixel1866

    @scorpixel1866

    4 жыл бұрын

    There were only berbers, egyptians and colonists from the Levant and Greece in Northern Africa at the time, the arabic conquests are an entire millenia later As for the Romans they didn't look like Jerry the cashier from Northern England, people were mostly fairly tanned especially during eras prior to ours

  • @daniellahouel3983

    @daniellahouel3983

    4 жыл бұрын

    @a chinese Muslim Seriously!! 😅 Arabs didn't even rank as "civilization" on that time

  • @rubz1390

    @rubz1390

    4 жыл бұрын

    @a chinese Muslim You are ignorant racist filth, go get an education and don't bother with videos that are meant for decent people.

  • @daniellahouel3983

    @daniellahouel3983

    4 жыл бұрын

    @a chinese Muslim I can see who IS crying 😂

  • @horatiuscocles8052

    @horatiuscocles8052

    4 жыл бұрын

    @a chinese Muslim The carthaginian empire was mostly consisted of amazigh, canaanites, iberians and some gauls. And if you look at how most modern semitic and amazigh peoples look like today they're pretty much white.

  • @blankface5052
    @blankface50523 жыл бұрын

    Mostly accurate the only problem, that is very minor, is the circumstances surrounding the third Punic war. You were right about the numidians constantly raiding them, but there is a lot more to it. Part of the second treaty was that the Numidian king would get any land back that his ancestors once held. So, he would go into Carthaginian land and claim it while Carthage could not defend itself without Roman approval. Rome continued to not approve Carthage’s request and eventually the citizens revolted against the elders of the city and attacked anyways. They were crushed by the Numidian king. The elders went to Rome and begged for forgiveness and Rome said they would forgive them if they gave over any weapons. Carthage did, then Rome came and demanded they leave the city. That is when Carthage refused and mobilized for the last time.

  • @OrochiCr

    @OrochiCr

    3 жыл бұрын

    History repeats itself over and over.

  • @matiusbond6052

    @matiusbond6052

    2 жыл бұрын

    patrick Gideon..Also,the great majority of Carthagenians were native black and brown Africans

  • @paullarnce2167
    @paullarnce21673 жыл бұрын

    You have created a masterpiece because you have filled many gaps in history that I've never heard published before.

  • @starwarsvsstartrekswvsst1354

    @starwarsvsstartrekswvsst1354

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @ems7623

    @ems7623

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, the topic is well established history that he's summarizing. Carthage and the Phonecians often get glossed over in high school and introductory college historical surveys because we know less about them, compared to Egypt, Greece and Rome, for example. But there are other cultures of this same time period which get even less attention.

  • @jessefisher1809
    @jessefisher18093 жыл бұрын

    Its so sad when libraries get burnt. who knows what tales and history the Carthaginians had that we dont know about.

  • @celtofcanaanesurix2245
    @celtofcanaanesurix22454 жыл бұрын

    Awesome that you finally got to draw some Celtic mercenaries. It would be really cool as a video about the Celtic mercenaries in Egypt, Judea, and the rest of the Middle East

  • @celtofcanaanesurix2245

    @celtofcanaanesurix2245

    4 жыл бұрын

    Noah The Celt though that connection is dubious I think it’s possible that some settled there from Galatia, and were hired by Herodias and other judean officials for guard work, which makes me wonder if Gauls fought for the Jews during the first Roman siege of Jerusalem...

  • @celtofcanaanesurix2245

    @celtofcanaanesurix2245

    4 жыл бұрын

    pokezee king-wolf though I don’t agree with saying everyone was originally european or whatever, you shouldn’t be anti-eurocentrist either, if we go the opposite route we may completely ignore or misinterpret historical people and events... like in the example of celts in the Middle East as we’ve been talking about, it’s not a huge leap to think they had their own settlements or designated region in the area.

  • @celtofcanaanesurix2245

    @celtofcanaanesurix2245

    4 жыл бұрын

    Apep ' the Greek Ptolemies brought them in as elite warriors and guardsmen

  • @lglovespleasurebunny

    @lglovespleasurebunny

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Noah The Celt ...... The celts and the greeks were black.... So whats your point. There was no opression of egyptians.

  • @lglovespleasurebunny

    @lglovespleasurebunny

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Noah The Celt ..... Thats hilarious! Where is that peer reviewed study of "white" celts? Let alone in egypt? Ireland is ERIland. Dont bet ridiculus

  • @yuribrito1504
    @yuribrito15044 жыл бұрын

    The ruins of the present Carthage ( Tunis) are NOT the ruins of the original Phoenician Carthage ( Qart-Hadašt), the powerful capital of the Thalassocratic Carthaginian Empire/Civilization, but the ruins of the Roman Carthage ( Carthāgo), the capital of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis/Proconsular Africa ( which included the current Tunisia and the Mediterranean coast of Libya). Following the complete devastation of the city in 146 BC during the Third Punic War ( which was carried out by the generals Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus and Calpurnius Piso), the city was completely rebuilt in 46 BC by Julius Caesar as a new ROMAN city. The current ruins of Carthage, ironically, are the Roman ruins.

  • @SeptimiusAfer240

    @SeptimiusAfer240

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly, the ruins as we see it today are the results of the destruction made by the arabs.

  • @ihebbenrhouma3957

    @ihebbenrhouma3957

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is still one building standing, and some artifacts, graves, ect...

  • @yuribrito1504

    @yuribrito1504

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SeptimiusAfer240 Exactly! The city was completely destroyed in 698, more specifically when the Arab General Hassan ibn al-Nu'man al-Ghassani ( in the name of the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik), conquered the Roman/Byzantine province of Africa Proconsularis ( which was called Ifriqiya by the Arabs).

  • @hannibalbarca8411

    @hannibalbarca8411

    4 жыл бұрын

    i'm tunisian and i went to what used to be the spot of the city ... u can see the black layers in the walls which refer to the fires of the roman distraction of the city

  • @yuribrito1504

    @yuribrito1504

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hannibalbarca8411 Nice! I wanna visit the ruins of Carthage someday. Tunisia has a rich history.

  • @kevanlannister3672
    @kevanlannister36724 жыл бұрын

    It always astonishes me how beautiful your art is.

  • @fennisdembo34
    @fennisdembo344 жыл бұрын

    ok you know what's funny? i've been looking for vids on the subject for the past half an hour or so and THEN YOUR VID POPS UP and i know i'm gonna like it already

  • @fennisdembo34

    @fennisdembo34

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Lord Voldemort .. i actually did xD watching now, not regretting it

  • @fennisdembo34

    @fennisdembo34

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Lord Voldemort thank you, he-who-must-not-be-named!

  • @Autconscipatheonive
    @Autconscipatheonive4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what would've happened if Carthage and Rome became permanent allies.

  • @amineel6237

    @amineel6237

    4 жыл бұрын

    Impossible

  • @moshow93

    @moshow93

    4 жыл бұрын

    The United States?

  • @tropicblue3457

    @tropicblue3457

    4 жыл бұрын

    Too many differences and growing commercial competition all over the Mediterranean. Impossible

  • @moshow93

    @moshow93

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Lord Voldemort The Carthaginians were not assimilatable. They would have worked to undermine the Empire from within.

  • @audiosreality

    @audiosreality

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's an interesting theory, given the phoenicians commerce ability you may have seen caesar invading a britain that was fully mapped out or the establishment of a rome/carthage city state on the indian continent to facilitate trade. You may also have a 4 class system emerge of merchants, soldiers, farmers and slaves. Given the disputes that rocked the roman republic before Caesar though it's quite likely that the rome carthage alliance would have fallen apart to the infighting as someone like Sulla would have been after the Carthaginian wealth to their own gains. (much like why rome wanted to take command of the trade Carthage had in the first place.) Piracy would likely been non existent so caesar wouldn't have been captured on his way to Rhodes and he may have been a scholar not a general he became. Rome would have likely expanded east around the black sea and up the Don and Danube rivers much before they went after Gaul. I think if they did survive a close alliance for time they would have expanded more like the European powers did in the early americas only settling areas with great wealth or area's close to major waterways and then only pushing away from those places slowly. The romans were a bunch of pretty weak sailors as a whole and an alliance would have changed that as water traffic would likely have stymied the romans preference of road building. Likely the romans would have eventually taken over the Carthaginians in some way but a merchant class of Phoenicians may have been absorbed into the roman system in some manner.......

  • @simongrundyreiner
    @simongrundyreiner4 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah! My favorite historical youtuber covering one of my favorite historical civilizations! Awesome.

  • @hannibalbarca8411

    @hannibalbarca8411

    4 жыл бұрын

    so i'm your favorite general i guess ? 😂

  • @frankaouad8483

    @frankaouad8483

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lord Voldemort True, he had a great phoenician name

  • @chrisislas1435
    @chrisislas14354 жыл бұрын

    It’s crazy how I got a timeline that fits in the ancient history of the canaanites from the Bible goes through the Classical Greeks world and ends with the Roman dominant world!! So much history has been put in perspective Finally

  • @irfannurhadisatria2540

    @irfannurhadisatria2540

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Carthaginian Canaanite language is mutually intelligible with Hebrew. Yes, modern Israeli Hebrew.

  • @robertknowles2699

    @robertknowles2699

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@irfannurhadisatria2540 Todah for lightening me heart. It’s a beautiful lingo like your own! Reminds me of The Byrd’s singing, “And we’ll all go together, to pick wild mountain tyme, a long the purple heather, will ye go lassie go?”

  • @timmccarthy872
    @timmccarthy8724 жыл бұрын

    "But a plague can only do so much." Laughs nervously in Pre-Columbian American

  • @wargriffin5

    @wargriffin5

    4 жыл бұрын

    "But a plague can only do so much." John Cena: *"Are you SURE about that?"*

  • @James_008

    @James_008

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Black Plague disagrees

  • @Schmidt54

    @Schmidt54

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, the Spanish Flu did its thing, yet it was not a factor for voting for Hitler. Plagues are so horrible yet how they impact a society is very different every time.

  • @misterkevin_rs4401

    @misterkevin_rs4401

    4 жыл бұрын

    Coronavirus disagrees

  • @theOni877
    @theOni8774 жыл бұрын

    Please do NOT stop making videos. I always learn new stuff due to your brilliant channel on ancient history. Keep at it my man!

  • @samgrattan5465
    @samgrattan5465 Жыл бұрын

    Hmm… 2 “judges” serving 1 year terms elected by an aristocratic senate… that sounds an awful lot like 2 consuls serving 1 year terms elected by an aristocra- hey wait a minute.

  • @FlashPointHx
    @FlashPointHx4 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done! You're maps look amazing

  • @maarten176
    @maarten1762 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for making all these amazing videos !!!

  • @tylower
    @tylower4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this video. Carthage is fascinating.

  • @LuisAldamiz
    @LuisAldamiz4 жыл бұрын

    On a minor note, for some reason Basques say "Utikan" (i.e. "in Utica") when expressing that something is very far away. It is unclear to me if this has any relation with Phoenician influences, Punic wars or maybe even the Christian diocesis of Utica, once very important.

  • @LuisAldamiz

    @LuisAldamiz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Sa- Jdoub - You're right in the sense that Utica is the Latin version of the name, Ityke in Greek transcription, 'TQ in Phoenician (meaning as you say, "old" most likely). However the city was destroyed in 700 and never rebuilt. So it should come from that window between the Punic Wars and the Christian Diocese of Utica.

  • @Mrkabrat

    @Mrkabrat

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Utikan" can also be used to say someone to leave in a rude manner

  • @eliad6543

    @eliad6543

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LuisAldamiz Atik (Archaic pronunciation 'Atiq) still means "ancient" in Hebrew, and the two languages were very close, so I think that's pretty good reference.

  • @LuisAldamiz

    @LuisAldamiz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Mrkabrat - But not the primary use, normally you use something like "pikutara!" for that. "Utikan" is like Spanish "el quinto pino", not sure if there's an English equivalent.

  • @Mrkabrat

    @Mrkabrat

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LuisAldamiz Ive heard it used as "Utikan hemendik!" , the equivalent of "Piss off" in english. Ive never heard it used as "Its far away", and im a native speaker. Maybe its an old basque expression

  • @whitebiscuit7070
    @whitebiscuit70704 жыл бұрын

    Teacher: ok class today we are going to talk about the Punic wars The kid who plays Rome total war The expert

  • @vesperflight6116

    @vesperflight6116

    4 жыл бұрын

    Manos Chiotou my man !

  • @TheLoPresti
    @TheLoPresti4 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos. I especially love how use the map as the center focus of the documentary itself. Because history is so shaped by geography and it's good for people to actually see where all the stuff is happening so it can be more relatable to them.

  • @reaper411b
    @reaper411b3 жыл бұрын

    Dude this is some really masterful stuff.

  • @ryhol5417
    @ryhol5417 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video. I love these

  • @cryohellinc
    @cryohellinc4 жыл бұрын

    Great and very compact video. Thank you for all your effort!

  • @HERObyPROXY
    @HERObyPROXY4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for another great video, Epimetheus.

  • @emmasbooknook4576
    @emmasbooknook45764 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Your art work gets better and better!

  • @Crafty_Spirit
    @Crafty_Spirit4 жыл бұрын

    Your content is nicely and visually satisfyingly presented and I like your voice. You do sound a bit pressed in some other videos though. But nevermind, you are doing a great job overall 👍🏼

  • @kirkmarrie8060
    @kirkmarrie80604 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding presentation! I have learned so much. Thank you!

  • @isaiahbraxton6171
    @isaiahbraxton61714 жыл бұрын

    Great video I love the artwork and your videos keep it up

  • @ThaiSoup39
    @ThaiSoup394 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding video!

  • @EpimetheusHistory

    @EpimetheusHistory

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @ZombolicBand
    @ZombolicBand3 жыл бұрын

    Love this content! Someday i'll travel to Tunisia again but just to see the roman and carthaginian ruins

  • @SuperYaniv12
    @SuperYaniv124 жыл бұрын

    The best history channel on KZread! You just never disappoint !

  • @KTChamberlain
    @KTChamberlain4 жыл бұрын

    Ah, Carthage, one of the most notable historical influences behind the Ghiscari Empire from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.

  • @mezzoedbey3802

    @mezzoedbey3802

    4 жыл бұрын

    Carthage = Ghiscari Empire Rome = Valyrian Empire

  • @daniellahouel3983

    @daniellahouel3983

    4 жыл бұрын

    Qarth is the one based on Carthage (Qart-Hadchet)

  • @mezzoedbey3802

    @mezzoedbey3802

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Lord Voldemort Ops, my mistake

  • @Agras14

    @Agras14

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mezzoedbey3802 Valyria is a mixed case with a heavy influence from Greece. It is regionally identical both with the Greek peninsula of Chalcidice and the southern coast of Peloponnese. Have a read here also, www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/4et1d3/spoilers_agot_i_found_the_realworld_valyria/ for some more information. Both cases have historical corroboration when we consider that Ghiscari represents a great power of Essos (or Asia). In the case of Peloponnese, it could be their expedition towards Troy during the Bronze Age, or their defeat of the Persian Empire mainly by Peloponnesians ( upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Map_Greco-Persian_Wars-en.svg ). Then with Chalcidice (in Macedon), we have the case of Alexander the Great's expedition towards much of Essos (or Asia) and the total defeat of the Persian Empire.

  • @KTChamberlain

    @KTChamberlain

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mezzoedbey3802 The Valyrian Freehold is basically like the Roman Republic but with dragons.

  • @terrancemaddox9062
    @terrancemaddox90624 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Great art and info

  • @lukezuzga6460
    @lukezuzga64604 жыл бұрын

    I always watch to the end EP and this one is one of my favorites! Please continue Mediterranean battles and politics, if you can. Thanks Mate!

  • @bretalvarez3097
    @bretalvarez30974 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, and it's cool to see your art style get better and better as time goes by.

  • @aladinbenterzi1315
    @aladinbenterzi13154 жыл бұрын

    this video is gonna be "salty"

  • @kacizoubir7920

    @kacizoubir7920

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did the Romans spread salt to carthaginians agricultural lands in order to destroy them , we shall never know

  • @aladinbenterzi1315

    @aladinbenterzi1315

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kacizoubir7920 ofc it's a legend, there's no evidence that backs it up nor deny it xD but the city was damn well burnt to the very ground

  • @stayrospaparunas3062

    @stayrospaparunas3062

    4 жыл бұрын

    Smart comment

  • @stayrospaparunas3062

    @stayrospaparunas3062

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aladinbenterzi1315 Romans throw salt to Carthaginian farms,so your comment is accurate

  • @ThePunisher014

    @ThePunisher014

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol, a few years later, they started growing it again. making Tunisia the most wealthiest region in the Mediterranean.

  • @jonathanrotem251
    @jonathanrotem2514 жыл бұрын

    The pheonician language is the closest language to Hebrew, the two are basically the northern and the southern Canaanite dialects respectively

  • @ibrasoso8668

    @ibrasoso8668

    4 жыл бұрын

    They are closer to arabic

  • @jonathanrotem251

    @jonathanrotem251

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ibrasoso8668 Not true, this language is twin sister of Hebrew.

  • @ibrasoso8668

    @ibrasoso8668

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jonathanrotem251 bro you speak semetic language or u just talking ???

  • @jonathanrotem251

    @jonathanrotem251

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ibrasoso8668 I do, but you can just look up a semitic family tree. Hebrew and Pheonician were the closest, less close to Aramaic, and even more distant to Arabic.

  • @gigixxii2228

    @gigixxii2228

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ibrasoso8668 Hannibal said "shalom" when he came over the alps, get over it

  • @tulsatrash
    @tulsatrash4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for making this.

  • @shaunenwright7872
    @shaunenwright78724 жыл бұрын

    Your artwork gets better and better every video! Love your work, keep it up!

  • @Leo-wx1ji
    @Leo-wx1ji3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for talking about my country's history 🇹🇳❤️

  • @wankawanka3053

    @wankawanka3053

    2 жыл бұрын

    Aren't you Arabs

  • @dayday6829

    @dayday6829

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wankawanka3053 we are a mix between amazigh(berbers) and arab but we speak arabic and carthage was part of our history

  • @anasevi9456
    @anasevi94564 жыл бұрын

    the ups and downs and crescendo of ancient carthage couldn't be more violent.

  • @franciscosuarez1660
    @franciscosuarez16604 жыл бұрын

    Simply brilliant. I love your videos!

  • @timd4688
    @timd4688 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, great presentation.

  • @artkoenig9434
    @artkoenig94343 жыл бұрын

    Well done, sir!

  • @onardico
    @onardico4 жыл бұрын

    the most beautiful city in the 2 and 3 century bc

  • @oliburkillcomedy

    @oliburkillcomedy

    4 жыл бұрын

    I remember it well.

  • @kleenexwarrior6061

    @kleenexwarrior6061

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oliver Burkill good times

  • @cullenmitchell9165

    @cullenmitchell9165

    3 жыл бұрын

    All I see is a salt pile.

  • @MaxwellAerialPhotography

    @MaxwellAerialPhotography

    3 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully salty.

  • @ZombolicBand

    @ZombolicBand

    3 жыл бұрын

    That murex smell, mmmmm good.

  • @tomg5187
    @tomg51874 жыл бұрын

    Awesome thanks man the art is also brilliant thank you so informative! 😃

  • @zADIA5025
    @zADIA50254 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing short documentary!

  • @McSnacks930
    @McSnacks9303 жыл бұрын

    I would love a series on all the Crusader King 3 kingdoms. So many I don’t know about and would love a series on!

  • @juliusnjuru8940
    @juliusnjuru89403 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy your knowledge of history

  • @Shuv455
    @Shuv4554 жыл бұрын

    First video of yours I've seen, great content.

  • @stirpsromanica
    @stirpsromanica2 жыл бұрын

    Man I love your channel, I am enjoying these videos so much

  • @ekmalsukarno2302
    @ekmalsukarno23024 жыл бұрын

    Epimetheus, can you please make a video on the history of Burma. Thank you very much.

  • @ArchCone
    @ArchCone4 жыл бұрын

    Damn i love learning history from you.

  • @EpimetheusHistory

    @EpimetheusHistory

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you :)

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge63164 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. It was quite informative.

  • @smallshinybeetle
    @smallshinybeetle4 жыл бұрын

    This was super thorough and entertaining to watch. We don't hear enough about Carthage or the Phoenicians! Thank you!

  • @robertknowles2699

    @robertknowles2699

    3 жыл бұрын

    His explanation with darkened areas according to who lives there helps a lot.

  • @CapAnson12345
    @CapAnson123453 жыл бұрын

    It's neat to look at Google earth and see the city's harbor still outlined in Tunis

  • @mdivmapperandgamer1138
    @mdivmapperandgamer11384 жыл бұрын

    11:04 To paraphrase Extra History: the Punic Wars all started because some idiots were bored in Sicily.

  • @jarodburger
    @jarodburger4 жыл бұрын

    HOLY COW MAN YOUR ANIMATIONS ARE GETTING SO GOOD!

  • @PeccatorRenatus
    @PeccatorRenatus2 жыл бұрын

    Love your content!

  • @ahmetakgun7709
    @ahmetakgun77093 жыл бұрын

    I came, I watched, I subscribed.

  • @argonavt_8

    @argonavt_8

    3 жыл бұрын

    veni vidi subscribidici

  • @nemoincognito4179
    @nemoincognito41794 жыл бұрын

    I'm feeling sleepy and you have released a new video. I'll watch it later. Keep up the good work 👍

  • @ImStabo
    @ImStabo4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent content, thank you

  • @TheOsterhase0
    @TheOsterhase04 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @Daveomabegin
    @Daveomabegin4 жыл бұрын

    AWESOME! I LOVE CARTHAGE! 😁😁

  • @fiddleriddlediddlediddle
    @fiddleriddlediddlediddle2 жыл бұрын

    Your Dido drawing is very pretty.

  • @justinmalangoni9467
    @justinmalangoni94672 жыл бұрын

    great stuff!

  • @manny2ndamendment246
    @manny2ndamendment2464 жыл бұрын

    Well done. Graphics are superb

  • @BEnXAm.13
    @BEnXAm.132 жыл бұрын

    You did not mention that agriculture and animals farming are what made carthage rich city in first place , in combination with navy trading master piece learned from fellows Phenicians, Carthage became the wealthiest city in the world. The carthaginians used to have a unic year calendar that goes with agriculture , the native people north africa still use it a bit and the ancient Amazigh language . All that was performed and noted by the carthaginian minister of agriculture of that time (to be honest i forgot his name but i think it was Hanno) . The technicalities of modern agriculture evolved from the latin romans who took those notes from the carthagenian libraries and got them translated to latin . Tipical nubia

  • @rsfaeges5298
    @rsfaeges52982 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @benhaley9811
    @benhaley98114 жыл бұрын

    Bloody good content!!! KZread needs to pay you guys more

  • @hanytelfah7069
    @hanytelfah70694 жыл бұрын

    I see stepped up the quality of your drawing. Very nice man!

  • @tiziorodriguez5854
    @tiziorodriguez58543 жыл бұрын

    Carthage is definitely my second favorite dead empire after Austria-Hungary....(as an italian, I'm kinda conflicted though).

  • @cerberaodollam

    @cerberaodollam

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey, at least we're flag buddies 🤣 🇭🇺🇮🇹

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican4 жыл бұрын

    "Carthage must be destroyed" with facts and logic

  • @endo4137

    @endo4137

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh hey Avery, just saw you at the cold war video

  • @tsopmocful1958

    @tsopmocful1958

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Lord Voldemort I didn't get the reference, so thanks for that.

  • @donvitocorleone7863

    @donvitocorleone7863

    4 жыл бұрын

    Avery the Cuban-American clam down we don’t want to unleash such power upon them

  • @DarthPlato

    @DarthPlato

    4 жыл бұрын

    Delende est Cartago.

  • @milesquicumque1098

    @milesquicumque1098

    4 жыл бұрын

    M H ignorant

  • @avtaras
    @avtaras4 жыл бұрын

    A great followup to the video on the Phoenicians!!!

  • @fredericchopin4821
    @fredericchopin4821 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! I love your content.

  • @charlieibkiss4068
    @charlieibkiss40684 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff

  • @josephphoenix1376
    @josephphoenix13763 жыл бұрын

    Great Video...The Destruction of the Libraries of Cartage was an Incalculable LOSS!

  • @PMMagro

    @PMMagro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed

  • @surenot4362
    @surenot43623 жыл бұрын

    "War will come....so I will not have false visions...and...I think...the children will be quiet tonight."

  • @basharswan8487

    @basharswan8487

    3 жыл бұрын

    I only know this from Total war rome : carthage campaign omg the nostalgia

  • @davemojarra2666
    @davemojarra26664 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video!

  • @Castlebravo100
    @Castlebravo1004 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. Had heard of Carthage, but never really understood its place in history. Now I do. Thanks.

  • @-V-_-V-
    @-V-_-V-3 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if Carthaginian Suffets inspired Roman Consuls or if Consuls inspired the Suffets...

  • @OkurkaBinLadin

    @OkurkaBinLadin

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was likely independent development. Sparta likewise had two "kings" supervised by council of elders.

  • @SeptimiusAfer240
    @SeptimiusAfer2404 жыл бұрын

    I send you my thanks for this very good video, from Carthage, Tunisia.

  • @SeptimiusAfer240

    @SeptimiusAfer240

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Noah The Celt Yes, i'm tunisian. But this is not a carthaginian flag, but a berber amazigh one. The letter ⵣ is the symbol of the indigenous people of North Africa, the Amazigh, who are also called berbers. The flag of Carthage however has the sign of Tanit on it. The phoenicians have assimilated with the local people after many centuries and had a shared culture in all domains, like agriculture, fishing, writing, etc. For example, Septimus Severus was an emperor of Rome who was a punic, with both phoenician and amazigh origins. Sadly today tunisians consider themselves as arabs, because they make a confusion between linguistic identity and ethnic identity.

  • @SeptimiusAfer240

    @SeptimiusAfer240

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Noah The Celt As a celt, do you consider that there is this kind of identity crisis in Scotland ? Fun Fact: our national beer in Tunisia is named Celtia

  • @SeptimiusAfer240

    @SeptimiusAfer240

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Noah The Celt Thank you very much for your response

  • @TheSonny3333

    @TheSonny3333

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SeptimiusAfer240 even if there exist "arabized berbers" who belive they are ethnics arabs (mostly because of modern pan-arabism) that dosen't mine there no arabs in tunisia the poeople that bring "arabization" (maghrebi cultural group) to the region where mostly these hilalians and maqil arabs tribes in there migrating invasion (later defeated by the almohads berbers) so just like the "pheonician" they might have left some of there ancetrey in the region even if great part of population is of berbers ancestry

  • @SeptimiusAfer240

    @SeptimiusAfer240

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheSonny3333 Exactly, i could never deny this

  • @healyourgutguy
    @healyourgutguy4 жыл бұрын

    Hardcore history podcast does a really good job of going into the details on the punic wars.

  • @lahmandi5003
    @lahmandi50034 жыл бұрын

    Carthage 🦅🇹🇳❤

  • @theredstonesword9293

    @theredstonesword9293

    4 жыл бұрын

    Phoenicia (Canaan) 🌲🇱🇧❤️

  • @nizz32niz

    @nizz32niz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@theredstonesword9293 Carthage has nothing to do with the Phoenicians

  • @theredstonesword9293

    @theredstonesword9293

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nizz32niz it seems you are either high on crack or have no historic knowledge. The Phoenicians founded Carthage. Punic is a descendant of the Phoenician language. The Carthaginian pantheon is derived from the Phoenician pantheon. And Carthaginian culture is mostly a mix of Phoenician with some Berber. Also, if they are not related explain why the Phoenicians refused to conquer the Carthaginians when the Persians were trying to use them to conquer Carthage? And why Carthage paid tribute to Tyre for such a long time.

  • @nizz32niz

    @nizz32niz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@theredstonesword9293 The tomb of Carthage was discovered, and they found the body of a young man. They analyzed the DNA. They discovered a different reality. Here is the article.www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2016-05-ancient-dna-phoenician-carthage-european.amp

  • @theredstonesword9293

    @theredstonesword9293

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nizz32niz I already know about the young man of Byrsa and it is easily explainable. Since that haplogroup is found in Iberians and Carthage conquered parts of Iberia they must have mixed with them thus explaining the man inheriting that haplogroup, and also the haplogroup of only one man does not determine the ethnic group of all the Carthaginians. For example 5% of the Lebanese population has Crusader dna, does that make Lebanese Europeans? Of course not. And also, the article calls the man a Phoenician.

  • @alexandersarchives9615
    @alexandersarchives96154 жыл бұрын

    I personally think Fabius Maximus should have been quickly mentioned. But hey, it’s just a quick 15 minute synapses of Carthaginian history and you can’t get every detail... well done man!

  • @mnk9073
    @mnk90734 жыл бұрын

    Glorious work as always! How about the etruscan city states for the next one?

  • @abbasjafiya21
    @abbasjafiya213 жыл бұрын

    The Phoenician Head cut giving the side eye is awesome

  • @adimsfromthea828
    @adimsfromthea8283 жыл бұрын

    Proud of are ancester 🇹🇳💪❤️🌙 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕

  • @gurzil6682

    @gurzil6682

    3 жыл бұрын

    What’s this language??

  • @adimsfromthea828

    @adimsfromthea828

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gurzil6682 the alphabet and the language is Carthaginian And canaanite known as "phoenician" used by Carthaginian And canaanite

  • @gurzil6682

    @gurzil6682

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@adimsfromthea828 Thank you for the information ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵉⵔⵜ ⴰ ⵎⵉⵙ ⵜⵎⵓⵔⵜ ❤️

  • @adimsfromthea828

    @adimsfromthea828

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gurzil6682 no problème Brother

  • @easypc5242

    @easypc5242

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@adimsfromthea828 what do you do to type these alphabets. Also not all canaanites use this alphabets only the phoenicians.