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#Carthage était une cité-état #phénicienne située sur la côte de l’ #Afrique du Nord (site de l'actuelle #Tunis) qui, avant le conflit avec #Rome connu sous le nom de #Guerres #Puniques (264-146 av. JC), était la plus grande, la plus #opulente et la plus #puissante entité #politique de la #Méditerranée.
https://www.worldhistory.org/trans/fr/1-205/carthage/
#Phoenician #Carthage #Africa #Rome #Punic Wars #opulent #powerful #politics #Mediterranean.
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TIL that the Punic surname “Barca”, as in the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca (as well as his father Hamilcar, and brothers Hasdrubal and Mago), is Phoenician for “lightning”. I don’t know how I never made the connection before, given that Phoenician is Semitic and I speak Hebrew (where the same √brq root is also used to mean “lightning”). I guess my brain is just in full on Latin Mode or something when I’m thinking of ancient Rome? Anyway - Hannibal “Lightning” Barca! ⚡️
#Linguistics #Etymology #Etymologies #Punic #Phoenician #Semitic #Carthage #RomanHistory #History