We're in the year 146 BC, and Carthage has just been sacked, looted and destroyed by the Roman Republic. 50,000 Carthaginians were sold into slavery. The Romans were determined that Carthage would remain in ruins.

The Third Punic War was fought between the years 149 and 146 BC. the last of a series of three wars between Carthage and the Roman Republic. The war was fought entirely in Carthaginian territory in what is now called northern Tunisia.

Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and statesman in charge of the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic in the Second Punic War.

The Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of wars fought between ancient Carthage and Greek city states, led by Syracuse, over control of Sicily and the central Mediterranean between 580 and 265 BC. In this blog, we will talk about the seventh war of the series, starting in 311 BC and ending in 306 BC with a peace treaty between the Greeks and Carthage.

Cádiz is a city located in southern Spain near Gibraltar. It is perhaps the oldest continually-inhabited city in all of Europe and was founded as a Phoenician trading post.

This post gives some historical background about the Phoenician City State of Utique and breaks down how the history ties in with the music.

This blog serves as in introduction to my album "Carthage" and the first track, Dido, the Founder of Carthage.