My
Other History of Ancient Carthage
The Greeks and the Romans
gave the Carthaginians a bad press -it is time that the Carthaginian
side of the story was told
The Greeks and the Romans were not kind to the Carthaginians in their
writings. That is not surprising as both these races were often at war
with Carthage.
The Carthaginian side of the story is less well known. That is hardly
surprising either, as the Romans burned Carthage to the ground, and
left not one stone standing on another. The Romans massacred 85% of the
population of the city. The few survivors were sold into slavery, which
hardly left them in a position to write their memoirs for posterity.
The Romans also ploughed salt into the fields of Carthage, and had
their priests pronounce the most awful curses on the site, to deter any
Carthaginian refugees from returning and rebuilding the city.
A temple to Baal, the
Carthaginian Sun God. (This is in Palmyra, in Syria.)
However, the Carthaginians had had centuries to leave debris about,
some of which had been covered over and was beneath street level when
Carthage burned. Some cellars survived too, beneath the rubble. Modern
archeology has been uncovering Carthaginian relics, and we are now able
to learn more about life in ancient Carthage.
This is a new website, still under construction. Please
return to view our progress.
One webpage already finished is our new theory on the Causes of the
Second Punic War (written in conjunction with Goodwin A. I.
Manson, BA).
Another webpage currently being written is about my
speech at the
University on comparisons between Ancient Carthage and modern
life.
This has caused a surprising amount of interest in the modern
inventions and products that I mentioned. So much so, that I may well
market some of the products, with the intention of donating any profits
to the World Wildlife Fund to help save the Giant Panda from extinction.
Arthur C. C.
Teasy PhD
Associate Professor in Ancient History
