The Rise of Carthage DOCUMENTARY

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Today Carthage is remembered only in the context of its dramatic fall at the end of the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage. We all know about Hannibal and the Battle of Cannae but how about the daily life of Carthage. There is much more to this ancient civilization than the dust and ashes left to us by history. Today we will be exploring the Rise of Carthage and dive into the fascinating details of their civilization.
The history documentary begins by covering the ancient Phoenicians who planted colonies across the Mediterranean. Carthage emerged from this trade network to become the leader of the Phoenicians in the west and eventually come to forge an empire when its mother colony Tyre declined. The history documentary then turns to cover the government, economy, culture, and military of ancient Carthage.
Sources and Suggested Reading:
"Carthage: A History" by Serge Lancel
"The Carthaginians" by Dexter Hoyos
"Carthage's Other Wars" by Dexter Hoyos
"Carthage Must be Destroyed" by Richard Miles
#History
#Documentary
#Carthage

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[@onemadhungrynomad]

dude your voice made that add way more epic than it had any right to be.

[@cesarmendoza5840]

@invicta Yo scipio is pronounced like skipio, you sound like your saying tooth brush in Spanish

[@mpaulm]

Awesome game!

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@cesarmendoza5840 Roman C depending on region could be pronounced as K, S or CH. It's a dead language, and we really can't know for certain how Scipio Africanus pronounced his name.

[@franciskeough6416]

Good narration, very interesting topic. Background drumming a bit too loud and somewhat distracting. Interesting supportive graphics. Other than my one complaint, all in all a good video. Thank you !

[@ShawnChess]

“We shall salt the soil and remove the bricks from the land. No one will remember Carthage” said the romans then they proceeded to never shut up about how they destroyed Carthage.

[@DJAyt69]

They say “ohhhh they were slave owners, well first Rome is the one who won’t shut up about owning slaves second, later on Tunisia became the first country to ban slavery

[@Viet_Nam_Ball]

Rome was also a very diverse society. Just because some people want to erase things from history doesn’t mean others do.

[@bb-hf7el]

Get mad lmao

[@Eddy_111]

Dont worry they later got what they deserved

[@SetuwoKecik]

@@bb-hf7el yeah so mad that it makes Rome fell in 476

[@ISawABear]

""They make a colony so big it makes colonies"

[@Patchaddictedpolymath]

I liek ur vidz

[@camaradabr9926]

I love Bill Wurtz references

[@doleofdolonia8859]

*Americans knock the door down

[@andycockrum1212]

I Saw A Bear that’s what America is today

[@ISawABear]

@@andycockrum1212 It's really not, and i was making a reference.

[@tomkruger5859]

that 13 years siege must have been real Tyring

[@matthewbreytenbach4483]

Classic!

[@cmdrTremyss]

get out!

[@AndrewLoL_]

Shut

[@maxdecphoenix]

only took Alexander 7 months. And he fucking wrecked it. Ghengis Khan would have blushed. All because they wouldn't let him pray at a temple. Killed about 10,000 men at arms, 2000 citizens were outright killed after the fighting, and 10,000 or more were enslaved.

[@shawmahawk5714]

r/angryupvote

[@Bojanglesz89]

The Punic Wars would make for one hell of an epic Netflix series

[@doppelbanger5797]

Nah fuck netflix

[@historiar_sa]

please suscribe to our channel

[@tylerdordon99]

Netflic is shit. HBO would make a better one for sure.

[@deborahcognata6322]

Yeah but they dont want you to know these Carthage guys run the whole world. They want you to think its Roman's. Lol.

[@deborahcognata6322]

The even run China and Iran and got you flanked so they can order the war when they run every side. Great way to run off with all the blonds.

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Carthage is the kind of city that's just DYING to have an Assassin's Creed game take place there.

[@YasserMaghribi]

Oh shit I would pay 300 dollars to play with it lmao

[@hakonandreasolaussen1949]

With so little known it would be really hard for them to re-create it, especially when they have a reputation for doing it very faithfully like in Unity

[@Argacyan]

Same

[@monadsingleton9324]

Dear God, I am fucking sick of Assassin's Creed. In fact, I'm sick of Ubisoft in general. Their entire catalog needs to die.

[@TheMrFu]

Perhaps make an actual good historical game rather than Assassin's Creed?

[@napolien1310]

Preparing popcorn, starting the TV. Sitting comfortably on a couch Let the 19 min movie begin.

[@UserName0043]

Shut up

[@luisfck2119]

I just did it with Fritos and habanero peanuts lol

[@JJ-vm4zl]

Guys, we're watching a documentary on Carthage. We clearly need SALT

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

Surgus OfTheBlack we also need additional graves at the Cannae

[@dougwelsh8332]

@@JJ-vm4zl Sow the fields with salt!

[@darthsidious6753]

What I consider so incredible about Carthage, and Hannibal in particular, is that he managed to pivot the city from a devastating war to an economic powerhouse in such a short time period.

[@jlassijlali290]

Rome: WTF are you doing in Spain? Hannial: Paying our dept to you ....

[@AlbertBasedman]

@@jlassijlali290 Also Rome: It's treason then...

[@maxdecphoenix]

ugh.. hannibal didn't actually do that though... so.....

[@SteveSmith-ty8ko]

Hannibal’s dad actually did all that. Hannibal took control of the army at 25 after his father’s death.

[@maxdecphoenix]

@@SteveSmith-ty8ko very Alexanderish, no? Dad takes control of State, stream-lines military, abruptly dies, leaving a young 20-year old in charge of Army. Takes the fight to massive nearby empire. Wins battle after battle against all odds. Lives to tell the tale. Many similarities.

[@khaledzitouni9431]

i am from modern day tunis, Tunisia and i lived near carthage, (witch is still a small part in the city named like that) you can till this day find some carthagenien monuments like the round huge port represented in this video. and some statues and all kind of archelogical treasures. and this empire still has huge importance to us till this day

[@vladimir8035]

In what ways does it have importance for you all today?

[@TheWestIsDead]

@@vladimir8035 Identity and sense of duty to protect history.

[@vladimir8035]

@@TheWestIsDead Protect history? True. Identity? What identity? Carthaginian identity? Phoenician identity?

[@florianb7919]

@@TheWestIsDead what identity modern days tunisian have almost nothing in common with carthaginians not even blood.

[@tb9441]

@@florianb7919 The Phoenicians mixed with native Berbers, especially in Carthage, so they are our (Tunisian) ancestors as well. In fact, scientists have found that as many as 1 in 17 men living on north african coasta have a direct paternal lineage to the Phoenicians (reported in NY Times) Also, there is clear etymological proof that the old Phoenician language merged with the native Tamazight language. Our country is FULL of old ruins and pieces of history, OUR history. Of course it makes us want to protect it. Our country's history is a part of our identity.

[@eriknoorvali]

If Carthage means New City, does that mean that Carthago Nova in Spain means New New City

[@TheTablePaper]

Yeah. But the Romans called it that. Carthaginians just called it Carthage. Same name as its mother city.

[@monadsingleton9324]

Yes.

[@Nestoras_Zogopoulos]

I mean... Napoli ,former, Neapolis didnt sound weird but it also meant new city

[@Hugh_Morris]

Constantinople at one point was unofficially called Nova Roma

[@LL03ST]

And Cartagena de Indias in Colombia means New New City of India...

[@Tia-Marie]

Those downvotes are from clients of Cato the Elder.

[@HelicopterHatHacker]

can't stand the background "music"

[@luisfck2119]

lmao

[@luisfck2119]

@@HelicopterHatHacker thats because you are a russian troll

[@Kholdaimon]

No, I down-voted because the loud background music made it to exhausting to focus on the narrator...

[@thekinginyellow1744]

Carthago delenda est

[@michaelweston409]

I love Carthage very much. It was the first civilization I fell in love with. They rose side by side with Rome & fought till the bitter end. I see a Carthage as a runner up for what Rome became.

[@blidmanyassin3044]

You from Italy ?

[@MarvinT0606]

As much as Rome claimed to destroy Carthage, the truth is that Rome *became* Carthage. Rome learned from Carthage everything necessary to form an Empire: command of the sea, good generalship, diplomacy, commercial mastery. After the Punic Wars, Rome flourished to become a wealthy, multi-cultural society that Carthage once was; and the greatest Roman generals drew lessons and inspiration from Hannibal Barca- a man who was once their greatest enemy. The Romans boasted about destroying Carthage because they were too proud to admit how much they learned from them.

[@michaelweston409]

@@MarvinT0606 pride is the most dangerous thing

[@paparage2.027]

Rome couldn't hold Carthage's banner! All that was Rome was Kart Haddaush first... All Rome did was adopted everything about Carthage...

[@sweatshirt4974]

@@paparage2.027 Yes and no.

[@jasonparrish8670]

Amazing how Carthage was founded as part of a recovering civilization that struggled, bloomed and died practically before history was being recorded as a concept. And before them, the Minoans and Mycenaeans had already passed the same cycle, while Egypt abides all. No fiction has expressed anything as fantastic as human history. And I enjoyed the Tunisians I had the privilege of meeting who carry the history forward, when they can have open arms to let the rest of the world understand the length and complexity of their history.

[@mouath_14]

As a Tunisian myself it really bothered me in the past how Carthage was immensely underrated, now i feel like it's starting to receive the attention it should have had and people have started to "give a shit", not just the punic wars, but Carthage as a Republic who explored the New world centuries before Colombus or the fact that they formed the first "special forces unit" in history and so many other wonders that rome erased from the world history. So until i see visitors flocking into the ancient remains of Old Carthage before rushing into the resorts in Tunisia would i then know that Carthage's glory is still appreciated by the rest of the world. Greetings from a Carthaginian born and raised :D.

[@baam8014]

Tunisians are arabised berbers thinking they're Arabs, just like they were phoenicized berbers, that became punic. Basically native North Africans that never had a reason to stick their nose in world politics untill a foreign culture came giving them a reason to utilise their potential instead of petty vendetta between tribes. If that makes any sense. (At the cost of loss of local /tribal identity?) The cycle repeats.

[@michaelweston409]

If you look back at human history it’s actually way deeper & amazing than any fictional writing or film. Human history is so vast that almost everything you could imagine has already happened to some group of people or someone.

[@user-sx1mm1sl6u]

@@baam8014 It is more accurate to say Tunisians are Arabs who mainly descend from Arabized locals.

[@askkedladd]

@@user-sx1mm1sl6u They are culturally arab, but they are still without a doubt the descendants of the punics as they didn't just disappear but simply continued interbreeding with the berbers.

[@MKfanmomo]

May the glory of Carthage shine eternally. May Peace and prosperity bless my beloved country Tunisia.

[@mago9450]

Amen Baalhamon!

[@Palestine4Ever169]

Baalhamon Amen bro

[@voicelessglottalfricative6567]

@Man Antom because the government/Magonids were stupid and abandoned Hannibal

[@granda2126]

@Man Antom they burned only the city or the capital and for jealousy from it's prosperity!! to bring anther empire that taught people to watch lions eating slaves while waiting for some pieces of bread to finally bring some Religion to give legitimacy to it without forgetting they basically stole culture from the Greeks and Carthage to build their own, heck even their Fleet they literally copied it from Carthage without founding the wrecks of the destroyed punic ship, they Romans wouldn't even exist or either crushed by southern Italians tribes!!!!

[@granda2126]

​@Man Antom no man i wasn't talking about Kerkouan !!! that small city is considered valuable now for historians just because it remained intact from the Romanization, but what i was talking about the whole territory of Carthage: this map: www.ducksters.com/history/africa/carthage_map.gif is what Carthage covered the city in what is now Tunisia was the first city and turned into the capital of the punic territory that map is around the second punic war!! when CARTHAGE LOST IT after the war, people inside that territory didn't vanish they basically maintained their culture!! there is a difference between Tyre city in Phonecia and Carthage!! Carthage was basically an empire not the case in Tyre before centuries as a small city yet connected to a network of commercial colonies!! so the Carthaginians in that whole area didn't vanish because Romans killed everybody in the city!!! plus some survived from the city, and others enslaved, etc like in every war!! basically, it's like saying the Germans killed all the jews during the Nazis era which is not the case millions of jews survived around the globe!! or like all Americans are massacred in a parallel universe just because some country invaded Washington DC and killed all the population the same case here!!! the Spaniards or here it's more like Iberians were CARTHAGINIANS !!! ROME didn't massacre them!! they just got Romanized the same as the others in North AFRICA!!!! they survived, got Romanizedthen got Arabized and so on and btw they got envy for sure: the Carthage must be destroyed was said by the senate after he visited the city of Carthage and saw it's prosperity and knew how it will cause Rome big trouble no matter how much they lost during the previous war!!! Rome stole everything from Carthage to Greeks to add to its culture even the fleet itself, Romans copied from Carthage literally after finding a wreck of a destroyed punic ship !! but that's History anyway Carthage came long before ROME and it fell so did Rome later on and other empires!!! they rise and they fall eventually

[@OmarAhmed-jo1cf]

"I will either find a way or make one" Hannibal Barca

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

"On on, you madman! Drive over your savage alps...Perched atop your monstrous beast! Move Mountains with Vinegar!"

[@monadsingleton9324]

Rome: *Publius, get the salt*

[@OmarAhmed-jo1cf]

@mxt mxt wiki quotes

[@sjoncb]

Hannibal Barca 1 and 2 were bad mofos. Too bad this game got it all wrong.

[@dontsearchdocumentingreali9621]

Monad Singleton battle of cannae get the bags for the Romans

[@Unyhouss]

As Carthaginian blood in my veins and Tunisian citizen in a piece of paper, I do really appreciate this documentary!

[@dejavucmail8176]

Modern Tunisian had nothing to do with Cartage.

[@Phoenizier1995]

@@dejavucmail8176 Most Carthagians were Numidians(Mazig,Imazighen)later called Berbers. Most Tunisians are of Berber Origin by DNA. Modern Day Tunisia is also geographicly almost the same as the old Carthagian Empire.

[@dejavucmail8176]

@@Phoenizier1995 No they are not, they simply just residing on ancient Carthaginian land and that's all. Just like Iraqi are not Sumerian, modern Egyptians are not ancient Egyptian that build the pyramid.

[@teemuvesala9575]

@@Phoenizier1995 Lol they weren't. Carthage and Numidia were enemies actually. Numidians often allied with Romans against Carthage. Arabs conquered North Africa way later during Islamic conquests. Phoenicians were not Arabs buddy.

[@omarchanuvdjaxon1957]

@@dejavucmail8176 modern italians had nothing to do with Rome

[@navaryn2938]

Honestly, wow. The animations, the art, the narration, the research, the music. everything about this video is just so damn good. Keep up the great work

[@michaelweston409]

It’s fresh.

[@procedurallygeneratedhuman5399]

WOW, the art in this video is just superb! I also think that you picked the best possible narrator too!!!

[@InvictaHistory]

I am super excited about this topic and exploring it in far more depth! The narrator was a GREAT pick and they were actually chosen by community vote a few weeks back so I really have to thank you all.

[@historiar_sa]

please suscribe to our channel

[@traceurGeorge]

I gotta second this, this narrator should be a regular voice, reminds me of my old history teacher!

[@m00niee]

So, that port from carthage is still visible, and it gives me chills, so cool.

[@theouerthi]

Yes , quite a lot of ruins in Tunisia from civilisations past are you a fellow Tunisian ?

[@NadimBayar]

@@theouerthi i am, and Carthage is a lovely place to live nowadays!

[@theouerthi]

@@NadimBayar I live in enasr but I have a lot friends and family in sidi bou and El marsa so I spent a lot of my childhood there and also go there regularly even now . It's beautiful , my favorite part of Tunis .

[@michaelweston409]

So the great port is still visible?

[@theouerthi]

@@michaelweston409 the port it self no (meaning the physical structure) but you can clearly see the general outline of the original port and how big it is , the lagoons are still present and the central isle of the admiralty is very clear . it's very cool to see in person .Google it you can find tons of photos .

[@NoxianWill]

I love the old Carthage historical buildings. I live about 10 minutes away from them ❤

[@mspionage1743]

Do you ever/have you ever found any old remnants of the Punic wars like arrow heads or spears?

[@NoxianWill]

@@mspionage1743 Not really, they're probably buried there since 149 BC

[@joeperry298]

Carthage: *Builds hundreds of ships in a couple of days* The British: Finally, a worthy opponent!

[@thathistoryiscoolguy]

lol

[@AndromedaPrima]

Also Carthage: still loses to Rome despite having superior navy

[@ezwan7656]

@@AndromedaPrima Rome adaptability and ingenuity were unmatched.

[@deborahcognata6322]

This is incorrect Carthage won by jujitzu. Agripena entered the bloodline and no roman was ever at the top again only Carthage dudes.

[@deborahcognata6322]

She cemented the way for Carthage to run every government covertly and blame it on Roman's and Americans.

[@Fenniks-]

Oh boi have i been waiting for this. Also this new narrator rocks he has an epic voice :)

[@InvictaHistory]

He was actually selected by the community in a vote a few weeks back : )

[@fishsnapz5501]

Idk I miss the old guy... one of my favorite things about this channel was his quirky narration. Really made the channel stand out from the other history channels on youtube.

[@tsriftsal3581]

@@fishsnapz5501 yeah, felt like he was personally knowledgeable. Made it fun. Made it work well while driving but could not fall asleep to it. New guy is easy to fall asleep to so, win for commercial watching.

[@fick2637]

@@tsriftsal3581 He's still around. The old narrator is the guy who is running the channel.

[@TheRagingStorm98]

@@fishsnapz5501 pretty sure invicta the guy who has voiced literally all his videos will still be voicing his videos. It's just this little series. Which I think benefits allot from a professional narrator.

[@TheNinjaDC]

I always loved the design of the Carthaginian harbor. Beautiful and efficient.

[@nole8923]

It was beautiful, but efficient? The military ships should have their own exit and entry into their part of the harbor without having to go through the civilian commercial part which can be busy and delay deployment of the naval ships.

[@RayGming]

"Carthage Mvst Be Destroyed" by Richard Miles is an excellent book; I recommend it for anybody interested in learning more about Carthage, its origins, and its fall.

[@hamoody2]

It's amazing.

[@alexvlaxos6620]

What kind of a book is it?

[@michaelweston409]

-Cato the elder

[@AmorosoGombe]

The Mediterranean world was the most romantic, sophisticated and interesting of the ancient world. Would love to have witnessed it. Amazing.

[@thedoruk6324]

The Magnificent Civilazation of -Carthage- Qärt Hädäşt become quite popular lately :]

[@vortac4995]

Doruk ? I believe we were playing cracke hoi4 mp games few years back

[@thedoruk6324]

@@vortac4995 Wrong Individual, Albeit I am indeed quite active on EU4, hoi4 videos and Pages :j

[@drewinsur7321]

maaannn i hated those original translation to factions and units on divide et impera, luckly i had decorated all their symbols after 800 hours. but then a back to english mod was released, the modding comunity is literally a bunch of gods fighting each other blessings.

[@mohamedaminechakroun5834]

since Arabic is closer to Phoenician here is how quart hadashet قرت حدشت sounds in Arabic you can type it in google traduction and listen to it

[@awadmanoe2094]

@@mohamedaminechakroun5834 qart hadasht = qarya haditha in Arabic = New city. There are other North Semitic languages that are closer to Phoenician than Arabic, notably Aramaic and Hebrew

[@michaeldolan6781]

Delenda est intensifies.

[@michimatsch5862]

So true. When this video popped up I listened to the song first.

[@michimatsch5862]

@Star Star Was thinking of ADE but Ex Deo is great as well.

[@TheKalihiMan]

Roma delenda est

[@Root174]

@@michimatsch5862 I think OP was referring to the ending statement of Cato the Elder.

[@michimatsch5862]

@@Root174 I mean. Yes. But the songs are about it so I hijacked the comment.

[@greyfells2829]

I hope 2020 is going to be the Phoenician revival on KZbin. Over the last few years channels have provided content on every aspect of Roman life, now I see people moving on to other subjects and it's exciting.

[@hamrounisamira4837]

Tu. Bé sa UK dégage tire mahala feragek UK tire UK

[@muhammadfasihkhan8508]

Wow, this is one of the best history videos I've seen. The effort put in this video speaks for itself. It's amazing content!

[@iamnord2765]

Carthage was my go-to civ in civilization 5. "Revered queen Dido..." Great vid!

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

And it's a minor city state in civ 6... FIRAXIS DELENDA EST!

[@iniodar7238]

Carthage on sea maps is insane

[@Cancoillotteman]

@@iniodar7238 The Ottomans are amused

[@blafoon93]

@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking no it's not, Cathage is a regular civilization that was added in one of the expansions.

[@Megachillfreeze41]

@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking yea, you can get Carthage as a civ in the latest expansion.

[@turjun]

I have seen several Carthage videos. Most lightly touch on the Phoenician ancestry, if it is mentioned at all. Here we have a well fleshed out background. Well done!

[@PutlerHuyIo]

Yeah. I remember one of the vids portrayed them as black subsaharan africans. 😂

[@alexcallender]

Huylo We wuz Phoenicians n sheeeit

[@mouath_14]

@@PutlerHuyIo da fuq? 😂😂😂

[@preoximerias7366]

Huylo Tf? North Africans have generally throughout history been closer genetically, culturally, and economically with Southern Europe and the Middle East. Not even modern North Africans looks like Sun-Saharan Africans.

[@Prometheus7272]

the arabian falcon WE WUZ KANGZ Love your name 😭

[@anony3615]

This is making me want to replay Rome 2 total war as Carthage, using Divide et Impera. 💗

[@michaelweston409]

Carthage is the best faction.

[@thomassmith8140]

Shame Carthage has a tiny bland unit roster.

[@rinalazuli515]

mods

[@eclipsenow5431]

Amazing production values, fun animation, exciting music, and the story laid out in a logical and orderly and compelling way. Fantastic job!

[@rinflame44]

Shall we just talk about the production quality reached at this channel? This is better than many documentaries produced by main-stream media giants. It's hard to imagine the amount of work that goes into this. A million thanks Invicta.

[@nickburrows6992]

HBO needs to make a sort of prequel to Rome about Carthage and the Punic Wars

[@SimuLord]

Or a Rome series from about 390 BCE or so...everyone knows Caesar, but how many know Marcus Furius Camillus? There's your pilot episode, and the series is about the rebuilding of the city.

[@jemand7488]

Nick Burrows there are so many amazing ancient civilizations, plenty of opportunities for amazing tv shows

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

No no we need the founders of Rome. The ethrusians

[@Historyfan476AD]

HBO would ruin it i bet and make Dido go crazy and burn Carthage on a fire breathing lion.

[@maxdecphoenix]

@@Historyfan476AD that wasn't HBO that was the two jews, they literally gave up to go do SW and refused to pass the show off to anyone else.

[@karims4168]

Proud descendent of Carthaginians here 💪🏽🇹🇳

[@redtheftauto]

Great work as usual. Feel like Carthage would be perfect setting for an assasins creed type game where they could fill in the gaps of history with interesting things, while still using the history we have as a foundation

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

The Romans did to the phoenicians what the bronze age collapse could't... Invicta indeed.

[@jjs8426]

Well said brother

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Pity.

[@monadsingleton9324]

The Romans were the greatest weapon of mass destruction of the ancient world.

[@admiralsquatbar127]

The Romans were history's version of the full stop.

[@RendallRen]

You seem angry. But fair point: I misread the OP. The Phoenicians survived the Bronze Age collapse.

[@InvictaHistory]

I am very excited to kick off this new series on the history of Carthage! The new narrator was actually selected by community vote and has done a fantastic job. You'll also notice the awesome new illustrations and animations courtesy of of our partner Penta Limited. Stay tuned for more episodes on the history of Carthage and daily life in its civilization!

[@mago9450]

You also need to do Tyre. This would be truly epic

[@milans2477]

Wow, guys, thanks for the video! I've been fascinated by Carthage for a while , and have been unable to easily find a description of it that isn't viewed through the lenses of the Punic Wars. Really great content, please keep it coming! Also, I agree with the others, the narrator is great! Well paced video as well. I really hate it when history videos rush through facts to keep the time-span as short as possible.

[@Sihengli]

the quality of this documentary is astounding! keep up the good work, also, the illustrations are key!

[@khal7702]

Been waiting for this, Hannibal Barca is one of my most favorite General/Tactician.

[@cmdrTremyss]

General/Tactician/Strategyst/Teacher/Doctor/Police Officer/Plumber/Pizza Delivery Boy/Astronaut

[@rohankishibe8259]

@@cmdrTremyss that's Johnny sins for ya

[@fourlamb1]

I've been waiting for this. Carthage were an amazing power until my bois the Roman's got salty.

[@fourlamb1]

@Rick K You like that lol, didn't know if anyone would get it. Hahaha.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

I’d say it was Carthage that got salty

[@shanecarubbi7864]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 I'd say Carthage got good salt shaking.

[@SimuLord]

I read quite a bit about Carthage during my adolescent fascination with "the losers of history"...back when a suburban kid had to go all the way to Boston and poke around the paper cards in the card catalog to find books about those kinds of old empires. The building wasn't full of Super Mutants, thankfully.

[@SRosenberg203]

@@SimuLord My uncle lives in Manassass, Virginia, and we usually go down there for Thanksgiving. One year, a few years ago, for some reason I was coming back to NY earlier than the rest of my family, so my dad drove me into DC and I took the subway to the Amtrak station that I was getting back home on. It was soooo weird being in those subway tunnels, because they look exactly the way they do in Fallout 3, just minus all the debris, feral ghouls and radroaches lmao

[@minecraftpro110]

Good video. Personally I dislike the constant background music and the lights on and off at the sides of the screen. Other than that, very informative!

[@deepimpactMatt]

The music is so damn loud I can't pay attention.

[@peterderycke5766]

Very irritating indeed. As well as the English deformation of the city names.

[@dinkodojohnis5169]

To me this is your best video yet ,the details in a less known matter as pre-Punic Carthage is amazing, excellent job keep up the good work!!

[@lordaragorn001]

you and Epimethius covering Carthage at the same time ,love from a loyal fan from Tunisia.

[@InvictaHistory]

I havent actually been following his stuff but thats awesome to see!

[@rohankishibe8259]

Since Tunisia is a small country that rarely gets brought up, i feel proud whenever i see something related to it

[@omarchanuvdjaxon1957]

@@rohankishibe8259 Greece is smaller than Tunisia

[@prariedogg2529]

I’ve been on a Carthaginian binge for the last 3 weeks. Thank you for this video. Look forward to the next one.

[@vineetv]

What else part of binge?

[@neilaleksandrov2655]

this is such a high quality short doc, easily the best on KZbin for a quick pick up on Carthaginian history.. thank you so much for this

[@mclab001]

You guys are making some incredible videos now. Great to see how far you've come and cant wait to see where you go next. Keep it up :)

[@mrlentelka3111]

I am so happy you dont even know how much! When I asked you if you could do something about Carthage and 3th punic war I wasnt expecting this!!! Thank you so much. You have my support!!! Thank you once again :)

[@erichroddewig5851]

Thank you so much for this content, I love Carthage's History and how they adapted from their motherland, waited so much time for a 19mi film like this ❤️❤️

[@joshpullman1690]

Love the illustrations in this video, feels like you've really upped your game! The content is great as well, you've taught me things I didn't know about Carthage, I didn't realise the Carthaginians used auxiliaries as a majority of their land forces, did any other empire in the ancient world do this? Once again, fantastic video!

[@jacobweist6530]

Incredibly well made video. Actually rewatched it as soon as I was done because I enjoyed it so much

[@luisesteva3961]

Oh my god I’ve been waiting for something like this for years. THANK YOU

[@pierrerust2423]

What a fascinating city and civilization ! Excellent presentation, synthetic, clear, right to point and highlighting perfectly the main issues. One can dream of a completely different world, would Carthage not have been defeated...So many possible outcomes !...

[@markreagan1322]

Yeah like sacrificing children wich this history channel just happened to leave out

[@jessicachanning2447]

Beautiful video bro... as always! I have been wanting to learn more about Carthage! I was so excited when you announced this

[@arturmesropyan8087]

This video is truly of a new and more advanced level and quality - the research, the artwork, the narrator’s voice, the text and the background music interwove perfectly! Thank you!

[@michaelgulo6014]

Invicta on the right track here hopefully we see a million subs with this type of content brilliant thankyou.

[@Martoto94]

Goddamn this channel is so epic. Excellent and entertaining animations, in-depth historical analysis coupled with excellent story telling. Just marvelous.

[@mykhailozadorozhnyi4983]

Yeah, this art is another step in evolution of history videos! Many thanks for such a good quality content that goes for free!

[@MrOverjay]

I am happy KZbin recommended your channel to me. This is exceptionally high quality content

[@danielcuevas5899]

Gasp! A Roman Admirer talking about Rome’s greatest enemy? I’d never thought I see the day! Jk Love you INVICTA

[@fransiscozip1459]

All roads lead to taxes ! Repent .!. beware! The night , the fogs , and beware getting weinstiened by a wolverine.!.

[@TheTablePaper]

Rome seems to have a long list of 'greatest enemies' for some reason.

[@mariano98ify]

@@TheTablePaper because when you beat an enemy, another one will take her seat

[@alansalas1880]

@@mariano98ify Even if you beat everyone, you will just find that you are your greatest enemy.

[@bearcb]

Roman historians praised Cartagean strength and ingenuity. All we know about Hannibal and other generals came from them, including the battle of Canae, perhaps the biggest defeat in Roman military history.

[@misterangel8486]

Been waiting for this one😎 thanks❤️

[@A-la-Weiss]

Thank you Invicta for this wonderful documentary!

[@FelipeMartins14]

I'm very impressed with the graphics in the video, the illustrations and animations are beautiful. Greeeeeat work!! (The content is obviously great too)

[@carlos89784]

Great job on the background soundtrack. Very enjoyable to hear it while listening to the guy speak.

[@koda2387]

this channel is super interesting,,,, deserves more attention!

[@andresalphie5400]

My highest and honest respect on the quality of the videos made by you. Quality and content is far beyond the standard in detail and presentation. Please proceed to make such videos. Many thanks 😊

[@ezthejedi]

Thank you for shinning the light on 1 of my fav ancient civilizations...

[@kristoforperkola6923]

I'm loving the high production values. Great video.

[@InvictaHistory]

Thanks! Its been a long time coming and I'm so happy to finally deliver

[@jeanemare4116]

According to founding myths, Mycenean Thebes also was a Tyrean colony. Founded by Cadmus who brought with him the alphabet while searching for his sister Europe.

[@rosalyruiz1]

What if... What if... Atlantis was a colony of Phoenicia? They traveled all along the south west and north west of the Atlantic to look for slaves and tin... So what if the ancient site of tichit was the entry port to the eye of the Sahara... A naval Base that looks alot like Carthages.

[@rosalyruiz1]

@brmbly you are entitled to your opinion but I wholeheartedly do not believe that the primary source of history at this time would use his reputation to create a myth. If the ancient city of Troy could be discovered, if the lost city of Avaris could be found then I believe Atlantis is well on its way to being discovered.

[@rosalyruiz1]

@brmbly my argument still stands...if two lost cities thought to be nothing more than "literary devices" can be found in the modern age then I don't doubt the validity of Atlantis being discoverable as well.

[@roningehring406]

Cool. Another edgy child that likes to spit on and call any generation before him barbarians. There is an incredible amount of evidence that points to the existence of atlantis or at the very least a maritime power situated inside the atlantic sea that it is ridiculous to write off the idea.

[@jeanemare4116]

@@rosalyruiz1 imo Atlantis is the Egyptian version of the Troyan war. Before 600 BCE the pillars of Hercules were used to indicate the bay of Laconia, not the strait of Gibraltar. The 9000 years they speak of are most likely lunar cycles because there were no official solar calendars back then. The late bronze age collapse turned the region into piracy and plunder ushering in a centuries long dark age. Egypt was the only mediterrean civilization that managed to survive and keep official records of what happend during this time perdiod.

[@Super-Shafs]

Rome would like to: Know your location

[@monadsingleton9324]

Rome would like to: Give you salt.

[@yunleung2631]

404 LOCATION NOT FOUND. But there's a salt mine.

[@lamehick7511]

@@monadsingleton9324 ALL THE SALT!

[@historiar_sa]

please suscribe to our channel

[@IsThisHandleTaken]

Another awesome video, I’ve always been fascinated by Carthage and loved to get a look at its rise. It also sucks that so much of the history was wiped out by the Roman conquest, it’s a real tragedy

[@andraspeter1114]

Yeah, what have the romans ever done for us?

[@IsThisHandleTaken]

@@andraspeter1114 ??

[@andraspeter1114]

@@IsThisHandleTaken ????

[@IsThisHandleTaken]

@@andraspeter1114 what does "what have the romans ever done for us" have to do with Carthage's complete destruction being a tragedy

[@IronMan-fi3xz]

It would be interesting if you could make a video about Carthage's architecture and culture in general.

[@wickiei4556]

My favourite measurement of the size of salt fields Carthago delenda est

[@cinnamon3578]

@Star Star The eternal city 👍

[@cinnamon3578]

@Star Star I didn't support it. I said it was political. I also said both sides were wrong.

[@mouath_14]

@@cinnamon3578 both sides are wrong? ew.

[@legerarts]

Such a beautiful and insightful documentary.

[@fredo1772]

Love this video! Thank you Invicta.

[@KardEroc]

Top notch documentary ! Also the music from 7:30 to 12:20 is a real banger, is it available to listen somewhere ?

[@julianlora_]

I, too, need a link to this percussion-based music.

[@vineetv]

Me too

[@yurisc4633]

Commenting here in hopes for an answer. I asked about another music on another video but never got an answer.

[@MichelvonRichter]

Me too comon guys somebody knows this :)

[@Beer101]

Commenting for answer

[@xgfi-js6fb]

thank you for showing my history to the world from tunisia (carthage)

[@johnjosmith42]

This is exquisitely done - bravo, and thank you 👏

[@colink563]

This was great and thoroughly enjoyed the voice over!

[@SC-zq6cu]

Yes! I've heard of this story of Carthage's foundation, I just didn't know it was Carthage that was getting founded.

[@d.m.collins1501]

The history of Carthage is SOOOOO needed and yet so sparse! I'd love it if you could include/mention Plautus' play "Poenulus" in future videos--it's from the fifty year period between the Second and Third Punic War, and seems to recommend that Romans think of the Carthaginians as real human people with needs and wants and loves and vices that should be INVITED as neighbors into the Roman world. Instead, Rome ended up eventually finding a BS pretext for a third and final war, destroying the city and enslaving everybody.

[@lifelessperson1993]

I love reading about Rome, I was ignorant of Carthage, but this video just makes me appreciate it on a new level. Also the soundtrack is way epic!

[@eputinngr8220]

Made my day! Great work Invicta! Cool narration

[@abdullahsagga7195]

Finally something not about Rome or Greece, I love this :)

[@ghostofathens6600]

abdullah sagga fuck more Greece 🇬🇷

[@agbottan]

Carthage => Qart-Hadasht => Qarth (from Game of Thrones) Is it ?

[@monadsingleton9324]

*Tyre => Tyrian => Tyrion Lannister*

[@antonironstag5085]

@@monadsingleton9324 Tyre sounds similar to Tyrosh imo

[@miguelpadeiro762]

Kings landing->Kingstanding->Kingston :O

[@TheTablePaper]

Hold the door -> Holtedor -> Hodor

[@threestepssideways1202]

Yes that is a good call, much like I think Valyria is clearly meant to be Rome. Valyria -> Valeria, which in Latin means strong.

[@sardoggy]

WOW, I am blown away. The quality of this video is amazing, super duper great job.

[@vazak11]

Spellbinding coverage, thank you!

[@hz6612]

Whatever happened Tunisians and Italians are very good brothers and we used to live together either in Tunisia or in Italy and have very good relations even much similarities in language especially with maltese , we both learned much of eachother , much love from tunisia to our italian brothers and sisters ❤

[@nole8923]

The blood of the ancient Romans has been diluted to virtual non existence. The people of Italy today are a jumbled mix of Ostrogoths, Lombards, Norman’s and every other type that had their go at invading and occupying Italy. That’s why the Latin language of Ancient Rome is dead. Only scientists use Latin to name things like dinosaurs for trite reasons in an attempt to make their profession seem elite and appear smarter than everyone else.

[@mat3714]

The utter destruction of the city of carthage is one of the greatest crimes against humanity and it's memory. Such a marvel reduced to rubble , what a lost.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Mat 37 CARTHAGO DELENDA EST

[@mariano98ify]

nah bro, she was rebuilt around post-Roman conquest , in fact, Cartage was the second or third biggest city of the Empire after Rome or Alexandria herself.

[@barbatvs8959]

They sacrificed children to their Baal. They deserved destruction. Later, Rome would deserve destruction for murdering Jews and Christians who refused to bow to the conceited and crazy emperor.

[@AlithAnar]

BARBATVS 89 Lol for a satanic worshipper you really sound crazy. Everyone has an ancestor that killed another person or more. Even before any civilization existed, humans have killed one another. Why do they deserve more to be destroyed? Why not every human being instead?

[@barbatvs8959]

@@AlithAnar I'm not satanic. You pull that accusation out of your ass. Since you're a libtard who pretends all cultures are equal, why not sacrifice your kids to Baal, or did you already abort them?

[@BoomerG21]

The background music actually goes HARD. Love this channel!!!

[@harrys1848]

The production level on this video is rediculously high. Amazing work 👏👏👏

[@racoonlittle1679]

Libyan: you can have the land available from this ox hide. Dido: ok (proceeds to cut ox hide to pieces THEN stretching it across) Libyan: you weren't supposed to do that

[@nerobernardino88]

Dido: Ey, you said I could have that land.

[@barbatvs8959]

Someone says the name "Dido" and they will think either: 1. Phoenician founder of Carthage. 2. a dildo. 3. A singer.

[@nerobernardino88]

@@barbatvs8959 4. An Azur Lane girl.

[@kuryugaa2505]

@@nerobernardino88 Fellow commander spotted.

[@moezcherif9610]

you mean tunisian

[@CsStoker]

That's a good point and all but CARTHAGO DELENDA EST

[@cinnamon3578]

The propaganda never stops

[@damuses1452]

@@cinnamon3578 The people who insert themselves into other people's thoughts and beliefs... never stop. You have zero sense of humor. Just be quiet from now on. No one wants to read nor hear your whines.

[@a.s.7936]

@@damuses1452 What the fuck is your problem?

[@mago9450]

Who appointed you as the 'idea police'? Let The Classicist express his valued opinion.

[@malekaltayari3936]

WE WILL COM BACK Carthaginan and proud from Tunisia

[@liliencalvel6151]

So many great civilizations in the ancient world. So much fun to learn about them.

[@bobcharlie2337]

History gets better every day. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

“The motherland being invaded” Carthage: oh NO! ... anyway

[@TheLeszy]

- Baal Hammon Be Praised! - Lady Tanit bless our journey!

[@cptwunderlich]

Really well done, love the animations!