Location:
Tunisia
Coordinates:
36.8065, 10.1815
Events at Carthage (12)
310 BC
ID: 315
Agathocles invades Africa - Syracuse tyrant brings war to Carthage itself, new strategic thinking
ID: 315
264 BC
ID: 2660
First Punic War begins - Rome vs Carthage over Sicily, Romans forced to become naval power
ID: 2660
241 BC
ID: 2662
First Punic War ends - Carthage pays huge indemnity, Sicily becomes first Roman province
ID: 2662
227 BC
ID: 5321
Carthaginians develop Cartagena silver mines - Hasdrubal founds New Carthage near richest silver deposits in Mediterranean, 40,000 slaves at peak
ID: 5321
149 BC
ID: 2672
Third Punic War begins - Cato's 'Carthage must be destroyed' finally heeded, war of annihilation begins
ID: 2672
146 BC
ID: 2673
Destruction of Carthage and Corinth - both cities razed same year, Carthage sown with salt (legend), Roman dominance complete
ID: 2673
178
ID: 4118
Scillitan Martyrs - first recorded martyrs of Africa, 12 Christians beheaded in Carthage for refusing to swear by emperor's genius
ID: 4118
197
ID: 4147
Tertullian converts to Christianity - brilliant lawyer becomes Christian apologist, creates Latin theological vocabulary
ID: 4147
200
ID: 3808
Tertullian coins term 'Trinity' - creates Latin theological vocabulary, later joins Montanist heresy
ID: 3808
200
ID: 4884
Tertullian's Prescription Against Heretics - Legal argument that heretics have no right to use Scripture
ID: 4884
248
ID: 3811
St. Cyprian becomes Bishop of Carthage - writes On the Unity of the Church, 'Outside the Church no salvation'
ID: 3811
258
ID: 3813
St. Cyprian martyred - beheaded after caring for plague victims, reconciles with Pope before death
ID: 3813