The Rise & Fall of Carthage

The History of Ancient Carthage
(The Rise & Fall of the Carthaginian Empire)
The Carthaginian Empire Documentary
History of the Carthaginian Empire from Phoenician colonization, to the Punic conflicts with Ancient Rome.
#History #Carthage #Epimetheus #Rome #AncientRome
Sources:
The Carthaginians 6th-2nd Century BC
Armies of the Carthaginian Wars 265-146 BC
lacrosse ancient medieval dictionary
The Carthaginians by Dexter Hoyos
The Carthaginian Empire by Nathan Pilkington
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[@miketacos9034]

Normal people: "Can't believe he's going to school already! They grow up so fast." Me, an intellectual: "Now I know how Tyre felt, seeing Carthage rise."

[@leonardodisavino6166]

Me too

[@assumjongkey1383]

I did not understand the joke

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

Tyre and Carthage is basically and ancient version of England and America

[@mrtrollnator123]

​@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117the difference is britain didn't become conquered

[@merlingt1]

The history of Carthage is what the Romans want you to know about Carthage.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

True...+ some Greek opinions

[@faubourglincoln]

It’s crazy how I see Tunisia in almost every video (antiquity, romans, islam, crusade, ottomans, ww2....) of every history channel, a country I didn’t know it even exists 6 months ago..

[@AmxCsifier]

@@faubourglincoln Planet Tatouine is in Tunisia and you don't know Tunisia? 😂

[@AmxCsifier]

@@faubourglincoln You should visit sometime

[@DarthPlato]

Historians are able to tell the difference between what happened and what Rome wants us to believe. There was a Greek historian that traveled with Hannibal, whose sources were used by Polybius and Livy and others.

[@finn4012]

Man what a shame that the Romans burned down Carthage’s libraries. We could’ve learned so much about them and possibly a little about the Sea People (although that might be a stretch)

[@colejames423]

Anytime I come across and account of a library being destroyed in the sacking of a great city, I always get a little bit sad. There could have been SOOO much knowledges tucked away in those writings, but it’s gone forever

[@justinmalangoni9467]

very true

[@braydenleis4735]

I got this feeling the first time I heard that the Spanish destroyed all kinds of writings from the Inca and maya

[@septimiusseverus343]

Strange how when Rome is sacked, it's a tragedy, but when Carthage is destroyed barely anyone seems to care.

[@ozgurpeynirci4586]

@@septimiusseverus343 all the while carthage is actually more civilizational nation.

[@iammathieuaoun]

I was raised in Beirut, Lebanon. When i was at school, we performed a play about the founding of Carthage, in which I played the role of a Phoenician construction worker😂 Keep it up!! I would love to learn more about Phoenicia and the Canaanites my ancestors!!

[@iammathieuaoun]

Matthew Aislabie so be it! we’re all semitic after all

[@rawenab2126]

Carthage was indeed founded by a Phoenician queen but it wasn’t a Phoenician empire! It was mostly Amazigh/Berber and even Hannibal Barca was of Amazigh descent.

[@nizz32niz]

@@iammathieuaoun Carthaginians are European, not Phoenicianwww.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2016-05-ancient-dna-phoenician-carthage-european.amp

[@danieljohnson7958]

@@nizz32niz Carthagenians and all ancient Africans were black and brown people of those lands

[@danieljohnson7958]

@@rawenab2126 Carthagenians were native black and brown Africans,NOT CAUCASIANS

[@Sundown_Clown474]

It’s funny how the relationship between the Tyrians and the Carthaginians formed a kind of dark reflection of the Greeks and Romans. They imitated each other right down to rejecting monarchy in favor of a republic.

[@jensjensen9035]

Ajami you’re a fucking weeb

[@Sundown_Clown474]

@@jensjensen9035 Yes.

[@zoch9797]

Ajami Trade includes more than just goods and materials, it includes knowledge and ideas. In all likely hood, Carthage imitated Rome’s style of government.

[@adimsfromthea828]

@@zoch9797 🤡🤡🤡 Carthage existed before Rome Rome copies Carthage and greece gouvernement rome copied carthage navy force copied carthage luxury

[@paullarnce2167]

You have created a masterpiece because you have filled many gaps in history that I've never heard published before.

[@starwarsvsstartrekswvsst1354]

Agreed

[@ems7623]

Well, the topic is well established history that he's summarizing. Carthage and the Phonecians often get glossed over in high school and introductory college historical surveys because we know less about them, compared to Egypt, Greece and Rome, for example. But there are other cultures of this same time period which get even less attention.

[@YTho-ev1ej]

The fact the Romans took their history away is the most upsetting thing

[@moshow93]

Not really because that was their goal for Rome and still is for the west.

[@baneofbanes]

Urinal splashguard? or crocyamaka? “Still is (their goal) for the west” Lol Get a fucking grip man.

[@tropicblue3457]

Careful to not "victimize" Carthage. Remember that in the second greco-punic war they massacred and enslaved almost the entire population of prosperous Sicily. No nation or culture is immune to disgraceful actions in all history of mankind.

[@Argacyan]

I think the point Urinal made is that both Rome and colonial powers for the last maybe 600 years did the same thing in deliberately erasing the history of places they colonized - which is undebatable and only gets cemented more every year that documents get declassified.

[@GooseGumlizzard]

hey they brought it upon themselves. Start shit get hit

[@OrochiCr]

Few people mention the peace treaty signed in 1985 between Rome and Carthage cities, for many something merely symbolic, but it moved me deeply to know that there are people that still take time to heal the wounds no matter how old these are. Kudos to the two mayors who made this peace treaty, and both cities to be an example to the modern world.

[@jbcheema9883]

"Let the Romans be relieved of their agony since they think it tries their patience too much, to wait for an old man's death." -Hannibal Barca

[@TheTablePaper]

How would we know any of Hannibal's quotes. Was he writing letters to the Romans? Probably legends.

[@wassimmissaoui5885]

Actually it's a wrong quote mate, this is the original one : "Let us now relieve the Romans of their fears by the death of a feeble old man." And here is the source : www.englishclub.com/ref/esl/Quotes/Last_Words/Let_us_now_relieve_the_Romans_of_their_fears_by_the_death_of_a_feeble_old_man._2721.php

[@eoinmaclean6478]

“Last night, the crying of the children kept me awake, and I had a terrible vision. I saw the fall of our City; bleached bones under a harsh sun. Carthage...gone! Why would Ba’al send such a vision? He’s not cruel, he has watched over us. We’ve had victories aplenty in war. Our merchants sail to all corners of the world. And yet now, I fear, I cannot help it. We are the envy of lesser peoples - they tell terrible lies about us! They do not understand so they lie! But the Romans, they are the masters of falsehood. War will come, I am sure of it. So, I will have no more false visions; and I think the children will be quiet tonight.” Had to put in the RTW reference ;)

[@someorclad9738]

"My family, the House of Scipii, are beloved of the gods. A proud boast, but true all the same. In return we have served Rome, ruled well, led her armies to glory; it has cost us dearly, despite the love of the gods. Sometimes the hatred of men is stronger. Our dead lie in many graves, put there by Carthaginian swords...and a few Greek ones. Even Roman blades have taken Scipii lives; that, we do not forget, or forgive. So, now our time has come. The spirits of the dead cry out for blood. I will lead our family in this undertaking. The gods will grant us vengeance. When Sicily is Roman, when Carthage is crushed, when the other Roman families are gone, when the world is mine...then I will stand before the gods and be worthy of their love. And worthy to rule Rome!" House Scipii for life!

[@SiriusDraconis]

Awesome comment!!! What or who is RTW???

[@SiriusDraconis]

@@someorclad9738 And awesome comment from you too!!!

[@someorclad9738]

@@SiriusDraconis RTW = Rome Total War. One of the best strategy games there is my man. back during the glory days of western games (now its JRPGs and Japanese games, as it always was and is but I'm getting off topic). Not sure if it will run on modern systems though, but you can always give it a try. If Rome Total War won't run, there are guides to get it to run if I'm not mistaken. If it still won't run, then try the sequels, Rome Total War 2 and Attila Total War. Not as great as Rome Total War, but eh, you get what you get.

[@SiriusDraconis]

@@someorclad9738 Thanks a bunch... I actually have the Rome total war collection on steam. I bought it the same time I bought civilization 5. Unfortunately, for me, I was still playing Kanes Wrath and Starcraft 2 and then my PC completely crashed and I never got to play them.

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

Awesome that you finally got to draw some Celtic mercenaries. It would be really cool as a video about the Celtic mercenaries in Egypt, Judea, and the rest of the Middle East

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

Noah The Celt though that connection is dubious I think it’s possible that some settled there from Galatia, and were hired by Herodias and other judean officials for guard work, which makes me wonder if Gauls fought for the Jews during the first Roman siege of Jerusalem...

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

pokezee king-wolf though I don’t agree with saying everyone was originally european or whatever, you shouldn’t be anti-eurocentrist either, if we go the opposite route we may completely ignore or misinterpret historical people and events... like in the example of celts in the Middle East as we’ve been talking about, it’s not a huge leap to think they had their own settlements or designated region in the area.

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

Apep ' the Greek Ptolemies brought them in as elite warriors and guardsmen

[@lglovespleasurebunny]

@Noah The Celt ...... The celts and the greeks were black.... So whats your point. There was no opression of egyptians.

[@lglovespleasurebunny]

@Noah The Celt ..... Thats hilarious! Where is that peer reviewed study of "white" celts? Let alone in egypt? Ireland is ERIland. Dont bet ridiculus

[@Jobe-13]

The people of Carthage were the descendants of ancient Canaanites who settled at the Northern-most tip of Africa? Never knew _that._ Whoa.

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

For whatever reason, english speaking countries love to potray Carthaginians as west Africans. Which gives off completely distorted view. They were enstranged cousins of Hebrews.

[@faatmasgaatni6323]

🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳Tunisia

[@ab5680]

@@OkurkaBinLadin how were Canaanites and Jews related? Weren't they a separate people of the levant before the arrival of the Israelites?

[@memcrew1]

@@ab5680 they share the same dna

[@EasternOrthodox101]

No, they're repeating the same old historical mistake. The Cartaginians were NOT a Phoenician (=Canaanite) colony. They were only trading partners with the phoenicians. Phoenicians settled only in the Levant. Josephus made it clear that the northern African colonies originated in Epher son of Midian son of Abraham from his wife Keturah who were originally from north western part of Arabia!

[@tsopmocful1958]

Rome never expected the Spanish expedition! (Apologies to Monty Python.)

[@caleb-hines]

Their chief weapon was surprise. Surprise and fear. And a ruthless force of elephants.

[@Ake-TL]

Caleb Hines haven’t Hannibal ravaged Italy for years, element of surprise is long gone by that time

[@prigual2901]

@@caleb-hines Hi, Hannibal didn't have so many elephants after the Alps

[@blankface5052]

Mostly accurate the only problem, that is very minor, is the circumstances surrounding the third Punic war. You were right about the numidians constantly raiding them, but there is a lot more to it. Part of the second treaty was that the Numidian king would get any land back that his ancestors once held. So, he would go into Carthaginian land and claim it while Carthage could not defend itself without Roman approval. Rome continued to not approve Carthage’s request and eventually the citizens revolted against the elders of the city and attacked anyways. They were crushed by the Numidian king. The elders went to Rome and begged for forgiveness and Rome said they would forgive them if they gave over any weapons. Carthage did, then Rome came and demanded they leave the city. That is when Carthage refused and mobilized for the last time.

[@OrochiCr]

History repeats itself over and over.

[@matiusbond6052]

patrick Gideon..Also,the great majority of Carthagenians were native black and brown Africans

[@aytaf5430]

Masinissa and his Numidian/Lybian army switching sides, and fighting with the Romans (Scipio) against Hannibal is probably what hasten the inevitable fall of Carthage. i mean the Romans were damn strong and numerous at the time. Also not all the Berbers were on the side of Carthage in the first place, and what made Masinissa chose the Romans is the council of Carthage didn't keep there words and betrayed there allies. so instead of being another pawn that would be stabbed, he went with Rome. the thing is Hannibal was not the one responsible for the mess but the corrupt council.

[@scorpixel1866]

There were only berbers, egyptians and colonists from the Levant and Greece in Northern Africa at the time, the arabic conquests are an entire millenia later As for the Romans they didn't look like Jerry the cashier from Northern England, people were mostly fairly tanned especially during eras prior to ours

[@daniellahouel3983]

@a chinese Muslim Seriously!! 😅 Arabs didn't even rank as "civilization" on that time

[@rubz1390]

@a chinese Muslim You are ignorant racist filth, go get an education and don't bother with videos that are meant for decent people.

[@daniellahouel3983]

@a chinese Muslim I can see who IS crying 😂

[@horatiuscocles8052]

@a chinese Muslim The carthaginian empire was mostly consisted of amazigh, canaanites, iberians and some gauls. And if you look at how most modern semitic and amazigh peoples look like today they're pretty much white.

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[@fennisdembo34]

@Lord Voldemort .. i actually did xD watching now, not regretting it

[@fennisdembo34]

@Lord Voldemort thank you, he-who-must-not-be-named!

[@timmccarthy872]

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[@James_008]

The Black Plague disagrees

[@Schmidt54]

Well, the Spanish Flu did its thing, yet it was not a factor for voting for Hitler. Plagues are so horrible yet how they impact a society is very different every time.

[@misterkevin_rs4401]

Coronavirus disagrees

[@thepeopleselbow5896]

Please do NOT stop making videos. I always learn new stuff due to your brilliant channel on ancient history. Keep at it my man!

[@yuribrito1504]

The ruins of the present Carthage ( Tunis) are NOT the ruins of the original Phoenician Carthage ( Qart-Hadašt), the powerful capital of the Thalassocratic Carthaginian Empire/Civilization, but the ruins of the Roman Carthage ( Carthāgo), the capital of the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis/Proconsular Africa ( which included the current Tunisia and the Mediterranean coast of Libya). Following the complete devastation of the city in 146 BC during the Third Punic War ( which was carried out by the generals Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus and Calpurnius Piso), the city was completely rebuilt in 46 BC by Julius Caesar as a new ROMAN city. The current ruins of Carthage, ironically, are the Roman ruins.

[@SeptimiusAfer240]

Exactly, the ruins as we see it today are the results of the destruction made by the arabs.

[@ihebbenrhouma3957]

There is still one building standing, and some artifacts, graves, ect...

[@yuribrito1504]

@@SeptimiusAfer240 Exactly! The city was completely destroyed in 698, more specifically when the Arab General Hassan ibn al-Nu'man al-Ghassani ( in the name of the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik), conquered the Roman/Byzantine province of Africa Proconsularis ( which was called Ifriqiya by the Arabs).

[@hannibalbarca8411]

i'm tunisian and i went to what used to be the spot of the city ... u can see the black layers in the walls which refer to the fires of the roman distraction of the city

[@yuribrito1504]

@@hannibalbarca8411 Nice! I wanna visit the ruins of Carthage someday. Tunisia has a rich history.

[@kevanlannister3672]

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[@simongrundyreiner]

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[@hannibalbarca8411]

so i'm your favorite general i guess ? 😂

[@frankaouad8483]

Lord Voldemort True, he had a great phoenician name

[@tyronechillifoot5573]

They probably gave us the First accounts of West africa specifically with trade between them and Mande people

[@ronjayrose9706]

Probably

[@coolbule1238]

@Charles Lee Ray to qoute eddie bravo: look into it bro

[@tyronechillifoot5573]

@Charles Lee Ray they traded with people along the West african coast

[@shanecarubbi7864]

@Noah Big boy There's a really cool video from the channel voices of the past that describes Hannos exploration of Africa.

[@shaolindreams]

There also must be some integration with the Amazigh peoples, who have lived in that region since ancient times.

[@jessefisher1809]

Its so sad when libraries get burnt. who knows what tales and history the Carthaginians had that we dont know about.

[@TheLoPresti]

I love your videos. I especially love how use the map as the center focus of the documentary itself. Because history is so shaped by geography and it's good for people to actually see where all the stuff is happening so it can be more relatable to them.

[@maarten176]

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[@whitebiscuit7070]

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[@vesperflight6116]

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[@HERObyPROXY]

Thanks for another great video, Epimetheus.

[@SuperYaniv12]

The best history channel on KZbin! You just never disappoint !

[@chrisislas1435]

It’s crazy how I got a timeline that fits in the ancient history of the canaanites from the Bible goes through the Classical Greeks world and ends with the Roman dominant world!! So much history has been put in perspective Finally

[@irfannurhadisatria2540]

Fun fact: Carthaginian Canaanite language is mutually intelligible with Hebrew. Yes, modern Israeli Hebrew.

[@robertknowles2699]

@@irfannurhadisatria2540 Todah for lightening me heart. It’s a beautiful lingo like your own! Reminds me of The Byrd’s singing, “And we’ll all go together, to pick wild mountain tyme, a long the purple heather, will ye go lassie go?”

[@emmasbooknook4576]

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[@cryohellinc]

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[@shaunenwright7872]

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[@Crafty_Spirit]

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[@bretalvarez3097]

Awesome video, and it's cool to see your art style get better and better as time goes by.

[@lukezuzga6460]

I always watch to the end EP and this one is one of my favorites! Please continue Mediterranean battles and politics, if you can. Thanks Mate!

[@tylower]

Thanks for this video. Carthage is fascinating.

[@ryhol5417]

Awesome video. I love these

[@isaiahbraxton6171]

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[@FlashPointHx]

Nicely done! You're maps look amazing

[@Autconscipatheonive]

I wonder what would've happened if Carthage and Rome became permanent allies.

[@amineel6237]

Impossible

[@moshow93]

The United States?

[@tropicblue3457]

Too many differences and growing commercial competition all over the Mediterranean. Impossible

[@moshow93]

@Lord Voldemort The Carthaginians were not assimilatable. They would have worked to undermine the Empire from within.

[@audiosreality]

It's an interesting theory, given the phoenicians commerce ability you may have seen caesar invading a britain that was fully mapped out or the establishment of a rome/carthage city state on the indian continent to facilitate trade. You may also have a 4 class system emerge of merchants, soldiers, farmers and slaves. Given the disputes that rocked the roman republic before Caesar though it's quite likely that the rome carthage alliance would have fallen apart to the infighting as someone like Sulla would have been after the Carthaginian wealth to their own gains. (much like why rome wanted to take command of the trade Carthage had in the first place.) Piracy would likely been non existent so caesar wouldn't have been captured on his way to Rhodes and he may have been a scholar not a general he became. Rome would have likely expanded east around the black sea and up the Don and Danube rivers much before they went after Gaul. I think if they did survive a close alliance for time they would have expanded more like the European powers did in the early americas only settling areas with great wealth or area's close to major waterways and then only pushing away from those places slowly. The romans were a bunch of pretty weak sailors as a whole and an alliance would have changed that as water traffic would likely have stymied the romans preference of road building. Likely the romans would have eventually taken over the Carthaginians in some way but a merchant class of Phoenicians may have been absorbed into the roman system in some manner.......

[@terrancemaddox9062]

Wow. Great art and info

[@jarodburger]

HOLY COW MAN YOUR ANIMATIONS ARE GETTING SO GOOD!

[@kirkmarrie8060]

Outstanding presentation! I have learned so much. Thank you!

[@josephphoenix1376]

Great Video...The Destruction of the Libraries of Cartage was an Incalculable LOSS!

[@PMMagro]

Indeed

[@artkoenig9434]

Well done, sir!

[@stirpsromanica]

Man I love your channel, I am enjoying these videos so much

[@franciscosuarez1660]

Simply brilliant. I love your videos!

[@ThaiSoup39]

Outstanding video!

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@LuisAldamiz]

On a minor note, for some reason Basques say "Utikan" (i.e. "in Utica") when expressing that something is very far away. It is unclear to me if this has any relation with Phoenician influences, Punic wars or maybe even the Christian diocesis of Utica, once very important.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@Sa- Jdoub - You're right in the sense that Utica is the Latin version of the name, Ityke in Greek transcription, 'TQ in Phoenician (meaning as you say, "old" most likely). However the city was destroyed in 700 and never rebuilt. So it should come from that window between the Punic Wars and the Christian Diocese of Utica.

[@Mrkabrat]

"Utikan" can also be used to say someone to leave in a rude manner

[@eliad6543]

@@LuisAldamiz Atik (Archaic pronunciation 'Atiq) still means "ancient" in Hebrew, and the two languages were very close, so I think that's pretty good reference.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@Mrkabrat - But not the primary use, normally you use something like "pikutara!" for that. "Utikan" is like Spanish "el quinto pino", not sure if there's an English equivalent.

[@Mrkabrat]

@@LuisAldamiz Ive heard it used as "Utikan hemendik!" , the equivalent of "Piss off" in english. Ive never heard it used as "Its far away", and im a native speaker. Maybe its an old basque expression

[@tulsatrash]

Thank you very much for making this.

[@Shuv455]

First video of yours I've seen, great content.

[@Leo-wx1ji]

Thank you for talking about my country's history 🇹🇳❤️

[@wankawanka3053]

Aren't you Arabs

[@dayday6829]

@@wankawanka3053 we are a mix between amazigh(berbers) and arab but we speak arabic and carthage was part of our history

[@nemoincognito4179]

I'm feeling sleepy and you have released a new video. I'll watch it later. Keep up the good work 👍

[@hanytelfah7069]

I see stepped up the quality of your drawing. Very nice man!

[@KTChamberlain]

Ah, Carthage, one of the most notable historical influences behind the Ghiscari Empire from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.

[@mezzoedbey3802]

Carthage = Ghiscari Empire Rome = Valyrian Empire

[@daniellahouel3983]

Qarth is the one based on Carthage (Qart-Hadchet)

[@mezzoedbey3802]

@Lord Voldemort Ops, my mistake

[@Agras14]

@@mezzoedbey3802 Valyria is a mixed case with a heavy influence from Greece. It is regionally identical both with the Greek peninsula of Chalcidice and the southern coast of Peloponnese. Have a read here also, www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/4et1d3/spoilers_agot_i_found_the_realworld_valyria/ for some more information. Both cases have historical corroboration when we consider that Ghiscari represents a great power of Essos (or Asia). In the case of Peloponnese, it could be their expedition towards Troy during the Bronze Age, or their defeat of the Persian Empire mainly by Peloponnesians ( upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Map_Greco-Persian_Wars-en.svg ). Then with Chalcidice (in Macedon), we have the case of Alexander the Great's expedition towards much of Essos (or Asia) and the total defeat of the Persian Empire.

[@KTChamberlain]

@@mezzoedbey3802 The Valyrian Freehold is basically like the Roman Republic but with dragons.

[@juliusnjuru8940]

I enjoy your knowledge of history

[@tomg5187]

Awesome thanks man the art is also brilliant thank you so informative! 😃

[@smallshinybeetle]

This was super thorough and entertaining to watch. We don't hear enough about Carthage or the Phoenicians! Thank you!

[@robertknowles2699]

His explanation with darkened areas according to who lives there helps a lot.

[@McSnacks930]

I would love a series on all the Crusader King 3 kingdoms. So many I don’t know about and would love a series on!

[@jonathanrotem251]

The pheonician language is the closest language to Hebrew, the two are basically the northern and the southern Canaanite dialects respectively

[@ibrasoso8668]

They are closer to arabic

[@jonathanrotem251]

@@ibrasoso8668 Not true, this language is twin sister of Hebrew.

[@ibrasoso8668]

@@jonathanrotem251 bro you speak semetic language or u just talking ???

[@jonathanrotem251]

@@ibrasoso8668 I do, but you can just look up a semitic family tree. Hebrew and Pheonician were the closest, less close to Aramaic, and even more distant to Arabic.

[@gigixxii2228]

@@ibrasoso8668 Hannibal said "shalom" when he came over the alps, get over it

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[@zADIA5025]

What an amazing short documentary!

[@ZombolicBand]

Love this content! Someday i'll travel to Tunisia again but just to see the roman and carthaginian ruins

[@anasevi9456]

the ups and downs and crescendo of ancient carthage couldn't be more violent.

[@manny2ndamendment246]

Well done. Graphics are superb

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice video. It was quite informative.

[@ArchCone]

Damn i love learning history from you.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thank you :)

[@onardico]

the most beautiful city in the 2 and 3 century bc

[@oliburkillcomedy]

I remember it well.

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Oliver Burkill good times

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All I see is a salt pile.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Beautifully salty.

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That murex smell, mmmmm good.

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Very interesting, great presentation.

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Epimetheus, can you please make a video on the history of Burma. Thank you very much.

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[@ImStabo]

Excellent content, thank you

[@healyourgutguy]

Hardcore history podcast does a really good job of going into the details on the punic wars.

[@samgrattan5465]

Hmm… 2 “judges” serving 1 year terms elected by an aristocratic senate… that sounds an awful lot like 2 consuls serving 1 year terms elected by an aristocra- hey wait a minute.

[@mdivmapperandgamer1138]

11:04 To paraphrase Extra History: the Punic Wars all started because some idiots were bored in Sicily.

[@mnk9073]

Glorious work as always! How about the etruscan city states for the next one?

[@TheOsterhase0]

Great video!

[@rsfaeges5298]

Thanks!

[@ahmetakgun7709]

I came, I watched, I subscribed.

[@argonavt_8]

veni vidi subscribidici

[@justinmalangoni9467]

great stuff!

[@avtaras]

A great followup to the video on the Phoenicians!!!

[@SeptimiusAfer240]

I send you my thanks for this very good video, from Carthage, Tunisia.

[@SeptimiusAfer240]

@Noah The Celt Yes, i'm tunisian. But this is not a carthaginian flag, but a berber amazigh one. The letter ⵣ is the symbol of the indigenous people of North Africa, the Amazigh, who are also called berbers. The flag of Carthage however has the sign of Tanit on it. The phoenicians have assimilated with the local people after many centuries and had a shared culture in all domains, like agriculture, fishing, writing, etc. For example, Septimus Severus was an emperor of Rome who was a punic, with both phoenician and amazigh origins. Sadly today tunisians consider themselves as arabs, because they make a confusion between linguistic identity and ethnic identity.

[@SeptimiusAfer240]

@Noah The Celt As a celt, do you consider that there is this kind of identity crisis in Scotland ? Fun Fact: our national beer in Tunisia is named Celtia

[@SeptimiusAfer240]

@Noah The Celt Thank you very much for your response

[@TheSonny3333]

@@SeptimiusAfer240 even if there exist "arabized berbers" who belive they are ethnics arabs (mostly because of modern pan-arabism) that dosen't mine there no arabs in tunisia the poeople that bring "arabization" (maghrebi cultural group) to the region where mostly these hilalians and maqil arabs tribes in there migrating invasion (later defeated by the almohads berbers) so just like the "pheonician" they might have left some of there ancetrey in the region even if great part of population is of berbers ancestry

[@SeptimiusAfer240]

@@TheSonny3333 Exactly, i could never deny this

[@Daveomabegin]

AWESOME! I LOVE CARTHAGE! 😁😁

[@matthewtilley7175]

Vote: Epimetheus 2020!!!!! Love you're channel bro

[@abbasjafiya21]

The Phoenician Head cut giving the side eye is awesome

[@aladinbenterzi1315]

this video is gonna be "salty"

[@kacizoubir7920]

Did the Romans spread salt to carthaginians agricultural lands in order to destroy them , we shall never know

[@aladinbenterzi1315]

@@kacizoubir7920 ofc it's a legend, there's no evidence that backs it up nor deny it xD but the city was damn well burnt to the very ground

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

Smart comment

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

@@aladinbenterzi1315 Romans throw salt to Carthaginian farms,so your comment is accurate

[@ThePunisher014]

lol, a few years later, they started growing it again. making Tunisia the most wealthiest region in the Mediterranean.

[@hachem2126]

oh man really good work I am Tunisian and i lives in Carthage now ... so it is really fun to learn your own history

[@Celestial1000]

Just because you live in the same land doesn't mean you're part of a country and culture of 2k years ago. Carthage and its culture died when invaded and conquered by Arabian Muslim. You're an Arab not carthaginian

[@peterconnaghan2872]

@@Celestial1000 theres not a single country on earth whos people are anywhere near culturally or genetically what the people living there back then were, yet people have no problem with Italians claiming descent from the romans, or modern greeks from ancient greeks

[@cobychristiansen676]

@@peterconnaghan2872 There are plenty of holes in this statement.

[@noraout7617]

antimatter79 not all north africans are arabs , there are still millions of amazigh there , and when I say millions of amazigh ( berbers ) I mean people that still have the north african culture and speak the language , cause the others claim to be arabs but their genetics are amazigh , it’s all about identity yk , a lot of north africans are arabised but they’re still the natives of north africa , since their genes say so

[@noraout7617]

antimatter79 if you think all north africans are arabs you know nothing about north africa , amazigh ( berbers ) are the native north africans , and yes a lot are arabised but there genes are north african

[@Bogey1022]

Dear Epi: Fantastic work. I love it. The detail, especially on the troopers, is great. Your work is truly beautiful. It's important to note that the Roman was able to defeat the Punic navy because they had captured a ship. An un-built ship. The fantastic Carthaginian design where the parts of the ship were coded. This enabled Rome to copy the Carthaginian ships and use them.

[@Castlebravo100]

Very interesting. Had heard of Carthage, but never really understood its place in history. Now I do. Thanks.

[@regular-joe]

The history of the ancient Mediterranean from the Carthaginian perspective somehow gives a certain clarity to a very messy and extended time period. Thanks for the education!

[@BEnXAm.13]

You did not mention that agriculture and animals farming are what made carthage rich city in first place , in combination with navy trading master piece learned from fellows Phenicians, Carthage became the wealthiest city in the world. The carthaginians used to have a unic year calendar that goes with agriculture , the native people north africa still use it a bit and the ancient Amazigh language . All that was performed and noted by the carthaginian minister of agriculture of that time (to be honest i forgot his name but i think it was Hanno) . The technicalities of modern agriculture evolved from the latin romans who took those notes from the carthagenian libraries and got them translated to latin . Tipical nubia

[@davemojarra2666]

Fantastic video!

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Well done! 👍🏻

[@mh2660]

Lord Voldemort Parthians came back and kicked the Greeks ass tho.

[@mh2660]

Lord Voldemort I’m not a fan of the Achaemenid empire as they were asking to fight the Greeks. But I don’t like the Seleucid subjugation of Asia after the Macedon one fell, for 200+ years, as they were brutal, and tried to destroy the native cultures like Judaism, but that’s my opinion.

[@mh2660]

Lord Voldemort yeah he had a vision. Imagine if he unified the world almost 3000 years before colonial whites did? We probably been to space awhile ago.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Lord Voldemort The empire that I founded lasted 220 years. Seleucid Empire, however, couldn’t even make it for a century.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

raspoutin Possibly. However, I think he did have an heir, but him and his heirs were all assassinated by his own generals whom wanted to divide up the spoils of their victory in which Alexander was not willing to share with anyone.

[@CapAnson12345]

It's neat to look at Google earth and see the city's harbor still outlined in Tunis

[@charlieibkiss4068]

Great stuff

[@Eviligniter]

Nice to see a new one, the art has improved so much... Is there a way to get the art in png or something?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Carthage must be destroyed" with facts and logic

[@endo4137]

Oh hey Avery, just saw you at the cold war video

[@tsopmocful1958]

@Lord Voldemort I didn't get the reference, so thanks for that.

[@donvitocorleone7863]

Avery the Cuban-American clam down we don’t want to unleash such power upon them

[@DarthPlato]

Delende est Cartago.

[@milesquicumque1098]

M H ignorant

[@alexandersarchives9615]

I personally think Fabius Maximus should have been quickly mentioned. But hey, it’s just a quick 15 minute synapses of Carthaginian history and you can’t get every detail... well done man!