Carthage

[ kahr-thij ]

noun

1. an ancient city-state in N Africa, near modern Tunis: founded by the Phoenicians in the middle of the 9th century b.c.; destroyed in 146 b.c. in the last of the Punic Wars.
2. a town in central Missouri.

Carthage

/ ˈkɑːθɪdʒ /

noun

1. an ancient city state, on the N African coast near present-day Tunis. Founded about 800 bc by Phoenician traders, it grew into an empire dominating N Africa and the Mediterranean. Destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome, it was finally razed by the Arabs in 697 ad See also Punic Wars

Carthage

1. An ancient city in north Africa , established by traders from Phoenicia . Carthage was a commercial and political rival of Rome for much of the third and second centuries b.c. The Carthaginian general Hannibal attempted to capture Rome by moving an army from Spain through the Alps , but he was prevented and finally defeated in his own country. At the end of the Punic Wars , the Romans destroyed Carthage, as the senator Cato had long urged. The character Dido , lover of Aeneas in the Aeneid , was a queen of Carthage.

Other Words From

• Car·tha·gin·i·an [kahr-th, uh, -, jin, -ee-, uh, n], adjective noun
• pseudo-Cartha·gini·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

Hollywood, really, and it took me a while because in "The Aeneid" — and Danny Ryan is Aeneas — Aeneas goes into a cave shipwrecked in Carthage and there are murals of the Trojan War.

From Salon

Danny’s journey to Hollywood, Winslow explained, echoes Aeneas’ journey to Carthage.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s in contrast to the Cairo International Film Festival and Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival, both of which were canceled due to the war.

From Seattle Times

As the home of ancient Carthage and its Punic culture, and as a major Roman colony that helped provide the empire with food, Tunisia is awash with classical-era sites and archaeological remains.

From Reuters

Speaking in the Roman Senate more than 2,100 years ago, Cato the Elder famously ended his speeches with the well-worn line “Carthage must be destroyed.”

From Seattle Times