The Carthaginian Empire: When North Africa Ruled the Mediterranean...and Lost It (500 BC – 202 BC)

Carthage built the richest maritime empire in the western Mediterranean...then collided with Rome. This episode traces the Golden Age of Carthage and Berber North Africa (500 to 202 BCE): from Punic harbors and Iberian silver to Hannibal’s audacious campaign and Masinissa’s Numidian cavalry at Zama.

Learn about Carthage’s government (suffetes, senate, the “Hundred and Four”), the Magonids and Barcids
Religion & culture: Baal Hammon, Tanit, tophets, coins (horse head and palm)
The Sicilian Wars, Mercenary War, or “Truceless” War, and the Barcid rise in Spain
Hannibal vs Rome (second Punic War): Trebia, Trasimene, Cannae, and the turn in Africa Syphax, Sophonisba, Scipio Africanus
Numidian cavalry at Zama and how Numidia and Mauretania reshaped the map

“Karthago: Phönizische Großstadt” (2020) by ZDF/Terra X/Faber Courtial, Jörg Courtial — used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: trimmed, zoomed and voiceover added. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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0:00 Carthage Golden Age
3:49 Sicilian Wars
8:05 First Punic War
10:00 Mercenary War and Rise of Barcids
12:23 Second Punic War