The Rise & Fall of Carthage

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  • 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
    This video is sponsored by my Patrons over on Patreon.
    / epimetheus1776

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  • @miketacos9034
    @miketacos9034 Před 4 lety +170

    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."

  • @merlingt1
    @merlingt1 Před 4 lety +887

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

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory  Před 4 lety +310

      True...+ some Greek opinions

    • @faubourglincoln
      @faubourglincoln Před 4 lety +136

      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
      @AmxCsifier Před 4 lety +64

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

    • @AmxCsifier
      @AmxCsifier Před 4 lety +24

      @@faubourglincoln You should visit sometime

    • @DarthPlato
      @DarthPlato Před 4 lety +90

      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
    @finn4012 Před 2 lety +49

    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
      @colejames423 Před 2 lety +18

      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
      @justinmalangoni9467 Před 2 lety +1

      very true

    • @braydenleis4735
      @braydenleis4735 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @septimiusseverus343
      @septimiusseverus343 Před rokem +1

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

    • @ozgurpeynirci4586
      @ozgurpeynirci4586 Před rokem

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

  • @iammathieuaoun
    @iammathieuaoun Před 4 lety +63

    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
      @iammathieuaoun Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @rawenab2126
      @rawenab2126 Před 4 lety +11

      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
      @nizz32niz Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @danieljohnson7958
      @danieljohnson7958 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @danieljohnson7958
      @danieljohnson7958 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @Sundown_Clown474
    @Sundown_Clown474 Před 4 lety +122

    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
      @jensjensen9035 Před 4 lety +3

      Ajami you’re a fucking weeb

    • @Sundown_Clown474
      @Sundown_Clown474 Před 4 lety +7

      @@jensjensen9035 Yes.

    • @zoch9797
      @zoch9797 Před 4 lety

      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
      @adimsfromthea828 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @YTho-ev1ej
    @YTho-ev1ej Před 4 lety +153

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

    • @moshow93
      @moshow93 Před 4 lety +9

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

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes Před 4 lety +14

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

    • @tropicblue3457
      @tropicblue3457 Před 4 lety +64

      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
      @Argacyan Před 4 lety +13

      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
      @GooseGumlizzard Před 4 lety +3

      hey they brought it upon themselves. Start shit get hit

  • @eoinmaclean6478
    @eoinmaclean6478 Před 4 lety +168

    “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
      @someorclad9738 Před 4 lety +27

      "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
      @SiriusDraconis Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @SiriusDraconis
      @SiriusDraconis Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @someorclad9738
      @someorclad9738 Před 4 lety +8

      @@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
      @SiriusDraconis Před 4 lety +4

      @@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.

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 Před 3 lety +85

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

    • @OkurkaBinLadin
      @OkurkaBinLadin Před 2 lety +24

      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
      @faatmasgaatni6323 Před 2 lety +6

      🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳Tunisia

    • @ab5680
      @ab5680 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @memcrew1
      @memcrew1 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ab5680 they share the same dna

    • @EasternOrthodox101
      @EasternOrthodox101 Před 2 lety +3

      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!

  • @paullarnce2167
    @paullarnce2167 Před 3 lety +52

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

    • @starwarsvsstartrekswvsst1354
      @starwarsvsstartrekswvsst1354 Před 3 lety +2

      Agreed

    • @ems7623
      @ems7623 Před 2 lety +1

      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.

  • @jbcheema9883
    @jbcheema9883 Před 4 lety +59

    "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
      @TheTablePaper Před 4 lety

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

    • @wassimmissaoui5885
      @wassimmissaoui5885 Před 4 lety +3

      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

  • @aytaf5430
    @aytaf5430 Před 4 lety +139

    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
      @scorpixel1866 Před 4 lety +18

      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
      @daniellahouel3983 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @rubz1390
      @rubz1390 Před 4 lety +9

      @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
      @daniellahouel3983 Před 4 lety +6

      @a chinese Muslim I can see who IS crying 😂

    • @horatiuscocles8052
      @horatiuscocles8052 Před 4 lety +6

      @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.

  • @OrochiCr
    @OrochiCr Před 3 lety +15

    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.

  • @celtofcanaanesurix2245
    @celtofcanaanesurix2245 Před 4 lety +32

    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
      @celtofcanaanesurix2245 Před 4 lety

      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
      @celtofcanaanesurix2245 Před 4 lety

      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
      @celtofcanaanesurix2245 Před 4 lety

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

    • @lglovespleasurebunny
      @lglovespleasurebunny Před 4 lety

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

    • @lglovespleasurebunny
      @lglovespleasurebunny Před 4 lety

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

  • @blankface5052
    @blankface5052 Před 3 lety +20

    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
      @OrochiCr Před 3 lety +2

      History repeats itself over and over.

    • @matiusbond6052
      @matiusbond6052 Před 2 lety

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

  • @tyronechillifoot5573
    @tyronechillifoot5573 Před 4 lety +77

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

    • @ronjayrose9706
      @ronjayrose9706 Před 4 lety

      Probably

    • @coolbule1238
      @coolbule1238 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @tyronechillifoot5573
      @tyronechillifoot5573 Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @shanecarubbi7864
      @shanecarubbi7864 Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @shaolindreams
      @shaolindreams Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @tsopmocful1958
    @tsopmocful1958 Před 4 lety +164

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

    • @caleb-hines
      @caleb-hines Před 4 lety +11

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

    • @Ake-TL
      @Ake-TL Před 4 lety +5

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

    • @prigual2901
      @prigual2901 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @yuribrito1504
    @yuribrito1504 Před 4 lety +112

    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
      @SeptimiusAfer240 Před 4 lety +26

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

    • @ihebbenrhouma3957
      @ihebbenrhouma3957 Před 4 lety +11

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

    • @yuribrito1504
      @yuribrito1504 Před 4 lety +16

      @@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
      @hannibalbarca8411 Před 4 lety +10

      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
      @yuribrito1504 Před 4 lety +7

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

  • @jessefisher1809
    @jessefisher1809 Před 3 lety +22

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

  • @kevanlannister3672
    @kevanlannister3672 Před 4 lety +10

    It always astonishes me how beautiful your art is.

  • @timmccarthy872
    @timmccarthy872 Před 4 lety +131

    "But a plague can only do so much."
    Laughs nervously in Pre-Columbian American

    • @wargriffin5
      @wargriffin5 Před 4 lety +17

      "But a plague can only do so much."
      John Cena: *"Are you SURE about that?"*

    • @James_008
      @James_008 Před 4 lety +10

      The Black Plague disagrees

    • @Schmidt54
      @Schmidt54 Před 4 lety

      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
      @misterkevin_rs4401 Před 4 lety

      Coronavirus disagrees

  • @fennisdembo34
    @fennisdembo34 Před 4 lety +32

    ok you know what's funny? i've been looking for vids on the subject for the past half an hour or so and THEN YOUR VID POPS UP
    and i know i'm gonna like it already

    • @fennisdembo34
      @fennisdembo34 Před 4 lety

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

    • @fennisdembo34
      @fennisdembo34 Před 4 lety

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

  • @simongrundyreiner
    @simongrundyreiner Před 4 lety +14

    Hell yeah! My favorite historical youtuber covering one of my favorite historical civilizations! Awesome.

  • @theOni877
    @theOni877 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @Autconscipatheonive
    @Autconscipatheonive Před 4 lety +130

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

    • @amineel6237
      @amineel6237 Před 4 lety +35

      Impossible

    • @moshow93
      @moshow93 Před 4 lety +2

      The United States?

    • @tropicblue3457
      @tropicblue3457 Před 4 lety +32

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

    • @moshow93
      @moshow93 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @audiosreality
      @audiosreality Před 4 lety +6

      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.......

  • @LuisAldamiz
    @LuisAldamiz Před 4 lety +31

    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
      @LuisAldamiz Před 4 lety +6

      @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
      @Mrkabrat Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @eliad6543
      @eliad6543 Před 4 lety

      @@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
      @LuisAldamiz Před 4 lety +1

      @@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
      @Mrkabrat Před 4 lety +2

      @@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

  • @whitebiscuit7070
    @whitebiscuit7070 Před 4 lety +40

    Teacher: ok class today we are going to talk about the Punic wars
    The kid who plays Rome total war
    The expert

  • @TheLoPresti
    @TheLoPresti Před 4 lety +1

    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.

  • @SuperYaniv12
    @SuperYaniv12 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @maarten176
    @maarten176 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you so much for making all these amazing videos !!!

  • @chrisislas1435
    @chrisislas1435 Před 4 lety +21

    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
      @irfannurhadisatria2540 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @robertknowles2699
      @robertknowles2699 Před 3 lety

      @@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?”

  • @HERObyPROXY
    @HERObyPROXY Před 4 lety

    Thanks for another great video, Epimetheus.

  • @tylower
    @tylower Před 4 lety +13

    Thanks for this video. Carthage is fascinating.

  • @reaper411b
    @reaper411b Před 3 lety +7

    Dude this is some really masterful stuff.

  • @samgrattan5465
    @samgrattan5465 Před rokem +16

    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.

  • @cryohellinc
    @cryohellinc Před 4 lety +1

    Great and very compact video. Thank you for all your effort!

  • @shaunenwright7872
    @shaunenwright7872 Před 4 lety

    Your artwork gets better and better every video! Love your work, keep it up!

  • @emmasbooknook4576
    @emmasbooknook4576 Před 4 lety +3

    Great video! Your art work gets better and better!

  • @Crafty_Spirit
    @Crafty_Spirit Před 4 lety +5

    Your content is nicely and visually satisfyingly presented and I like your voice. You do sound a bit pressed in some other videos though. But nevermind, you are doing a great job overall 👍🏼

  • @FlashPointHx
    @FlashPointHx Před 4 lety +1

    Nicely done! You're maps look amazing

  • @bretalvarez3097
    @bretalvarez3097 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @Leo-wx1ji
    @Leo-wx1ji Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 Před 2 lety

      Aren't you Arabs

    • @dayday6829
      @dayday6829 Před 2 lety

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

  • @ryhol5417
    @ryhol5417 Před rokem +3

    Awesome video. I love these

  • @jarodburger
    @jarodburger Před 4 lety +1

    HOLY COW MAN YOUR ANIMATIONS ARE GETTING SO GOOD!

  • @lukezuzga6460
    @lukezuzga6460 Před 4 lety +2

    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!

  • @aladinbenterzi1315
    @aladinbenterzi1315 Před 4 lety +110

    this video is gonna be "salty"

    • @kacizoubir7920
      @kacizoubir7920 Před 4 lety

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

    • @aladinbenterzi1315
      @aladinbenterzi1315 Před 4 lety +9

      @@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
      @stayrospaparunas3062 Před 4 lety

      Smart comment

    • @stayrospaparunas3062
      @stayrospaparunas3062 Před 4 lety

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

    • @ThePunisher014
      @ThePunisher014 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @ZombolicBand
    @ZombolicBand Před 3 lety +9

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

  • @Shuv455
    @Shuv455 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @jonathanrotem251
    @jonathanrotem251 Před 4 lety +32

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

    • @ibrasoso8668
      @ibrasoso8668 Před 4 lety

      They are closer to arabic

    • @jonathanrotem251
      @jonathanrotem251 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @ibrasoso8668
      @ibrasoso8668 Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @jonathanrotem251
      @jonathanrotem251 Před 4 lety +4

      @@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
      @gigixxii2228 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @ThaiSoup39
    @ThaiSoup39 Před 3 lety +6

    Outstanding video!

  • @isaiahbraxton6171
    @isaiahbraxton6171 Před 4 lety +2

    Great video I love the artwork and your videos keep it up

  • @kirkmarrie8060
    @kirkmarrie8060 Před 4 lety

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

  • @nemoincognito4179
    @nemoincognito4179 Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @terrancemaddox9062
    @terrancemaddox9062 Před 4 lety +3

    Wow. Great art and info

  • @stirpsromanica
    @stirpsromanica Před 2 lety

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

  • @smallshinybeetle
    @smallshinybeetle Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @robertknowles2699
      @robertknowles2699 Před 3 lety

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

  • @anasevi9456
    @anasevi9456 Před 4 lety +6

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

  • @artkoenig9434
    @artkoenig9434 Před 3 lety +3

    Well done, sir!

  • @franciscosuarez1660
    @franciscosuarez1660 Před 4 lety +1

    Simply brilliant. I love your videos!

  • @hanytelfah7069
    @hanytelfah7069 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @josephphoenix1376
    @josephphoenix1376 Před 3 lety +17

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

  • @McSnacks930
    @McSnacks930 Před 3 lety +6

    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!

  • @tulsatrash
    @tulsatrash Před 4 lety

    Thank you very much for making this.

  • @benhaley9811
    @benhaley9811 Před 4 lety

    Bloody good content!!! CZcams needs to pay you guys more

  • @onardico
    @onardico Před 4 lety +63

    the most beautiful city in the 2 and 3 century bc

  • @juliusnjuru8940
    @juliusnjuru8940 Před 2 lety +3

    I enjoy your knowledge of history

  • @manny2ndamendment246
    @manny2ndamendment246 Před 4 lety +1

    Well done. Graphics are superb

  • @zADIA5025
    @zADIA5025 Před 3 lety +1

    What an amazing short documentary!

  • @ekmalsukarno2302
    @ekmalsukarno2302 Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @Daveomabegin
    @Daveomabegin Před 4 lety +25

    AWESOME! I LOVE CARTHAGE! 😁😁

  • @PeccatorRenatus
    @PeccatorRenatus Před 2 lety +1

    Love your content!

  • @timd4688
    @timd4688 Před rokem +2

    Very interesting, great presentation.

  • @tiziorodriguez5854
    @tiziorodriguez5854 Před 3 lety +14

    Carthage is definitely my second favorite dead empire after Austria-Hungary....(as an italian, I'm kinda conflicted though).

    • @cerberaodollam
      @cerberaodollam Před 2 lety +1

      Hey, at least we're flag buddies 🤣 🇭🇺🇮🇹

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 4 lety +126

    "Carthage must be destroyed" with facts and logic

    • @endo4137
      @endo4137 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @tsopmocful1958
      @tsopmocful1958 Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @donvitocorleone7863
      @donvitocorleone7863 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @DarthPlato
      @DarthPlato Před 4 lety +1

      Delende est Cartago.

    • @milesquicumque1098
      @milesquicumque1098 Před 4 lety +1

      M H ignorant

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice video. It was quite informative.

  • @tomg5187
    @tomg5187 Před 4 lety

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

  • @crkcrk702
    @crkcrk702 Před 2 lety +20

    Civilisation in Africa : exists
    People : imma argue if they were black or else

    • @scarymonster5541
      @scarymonster5541 Před 2 lety +14

      They were semitic

    • @scarymonster5541
      @scarymonster5541 Před 2 lety +7

      @@iverstylen5829 but isn't ancient north african were caucasoid

    • @scarymonster5541
      @scarymonster5541 Před 2 lety

      @@iverstylen5829 k

    • @matiusbond6052
      @matiusbond6052 Před 2 lety

      @@scarymonster5541 Claiming ancient north Africans as Caucasians is and shows immence ignorance on this subject

    • @a_l7515
      @a_l7515 Před 2 lety

      @@matiusbond6052 carthage is asians - light skin, black hair and black eyes. look at lebansese people and Syrians.

  • @ArchCone
    @ArchCone Před 4 lety +3

    Damn i love learning history from you.

  • @Bogey1022
    @Bogey1022 Před 4 lety

    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.

  • @TheOsterhase0
    @TheOsterhase0 Před 4 lety +2

    Great video!

  • @BEnXAm.13
    @BEnXAm.13 Před 2 lety +8

    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

  • @KTChamberlain
    @KTChamberlain Před 4 lety +66

    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
      @mezzoedbey3802 Před 4 lety +6

      Carthage = Ghiscari Empire
      Rome = Valyrian Empire

    • @daniellahouel3983
      @daniellahouel3983 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @mezzoedbey3802
      @mezzoedbey3802 Před 4 lety +1

      @Lord Voldemort
      Ops, my mistake

    • @Agras14
      @Agras14 Před 4 lety

      @@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
      @KTChamberlain Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @mnk9073
    @mnk9073 Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @ImStabo
    @ImStabo Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent content, thank you

  • @ahmetakgun7709
    @ahmetakgun7709 Před 3 lety +11

    I came, I watched, I subscribed.

  • @lahmandi5003
    @lahmandi5003 Před 4 lety +20

    Carthage 🦅🇹🇳❤

    • @theredstonesword9293
      @theredstonesword9293 Před 3 lety +10

      Phoenicia (Canaan) 🌲🇱🇧❤️

    • @nizz32niz
      @nizz32niz Před 3 lety +2

      @@theredstonesword9293 Carthage has nothing to do with the Phoenicians

    • @theredstonesword9293
      @theredstonesword9293 Před 3 lety +10

      @@nizz32niz it seems you are either high on crack or have no historic knowledge. The Phoenicians founded Carthage. Punic is a descendant of the Phoenician language. The Carthaginian pantheon is derived from the Phoenician pantheon. And Carthaginian culture is mostly a mix of Phoenician with some Berber.
      Also, if they are not related explain why the Phoenicians refused to conquer the Carthaginians when the Persians were trying to use them to conquer Carthage? And why Carthage paid tribute to Tyre for such a long time.

    • @nizz32niz
      @nizz32niz Před 3 lety +1

      @@theredstonesword9293 The tomb of Carthage was discovered, and they found the body of a young man. They analyzed the DNA. They discovered a different reality. Here is the article.www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2016-05-ancient-dna-phoenician-carthage-european.amp

    • @theredstonesword9293
      @theredstonesword9293 Před 3 lety +2

      @@nizz32niz I already know about the young man of Byrsa and it is easily explainable. Since that haplogroup is found in Iberians and Carthage conquered parts of Iberia they must have mixed with them thus explaining the man inheriting that haplogroup, and also the haplogroup of only one man does not determine the ethnic group of all the Carthaginians. For example 5% of the Lebanese population has Crusader dna, does that make Lebanese Europeans? Of course not. And also, the article calls the man a Phoenician.

  • @healyourgutguy
    @healyourgutguy Před 4 lety

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

  • @Castlebravo100
    @Castlebravo100 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @adimsfromthea828
    @adimsfromthea828 Před 3 lety +18

    Proud of are ancester 🇹🇳💪❤️🌙 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕

    • @gurzil6682
      @gurzil6682 Před 3 lety

      What’s this language??

    • @adimsfromthea828
      @adimsfromthea828 Před 3 lety +4

      @@gurzil6682 the alphabet and the language is Carthaginian And canaanite known as "phoenician" used by Carthaginian And canaanite

    • @gurzil6682
      @gurzil6682 Před 3 lety +1

      @@adimsfromthea828
      Thank you for the information
      ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵉⵔⵜ ⴰ ⵎⵉⵙ ⵜⵎⵓⵔⵜ ❤️

    • @adimsfromthea828
      @adimsfromthea828 Před 3 lety +1

      @@gurzil6682 no problème Brother

    • @easypc5242
      @easypc5242 Před 2 lety

      @@adimsfromthea828 what do you do to type these alphabets. Also not all canaanites use this alphabets only the phoenicians.

  • @SeptimiusAfer240
    @SeptimiusAfer240 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @SeptimiusAfer240
      @SeptimiusAfer240 Před 4 lety +3

      @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
      @SeptimiusAfer240 Před 4 lety +1

      @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
      @SeptimiusAfer240 Před 4 lety

      @Noah The Celt Thank you very much for your response

    • @TheSonny3333
      @TheSonny3333 Před 4 lety +2

      @@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
      @SeptimiusAfer240 Před 4 lety

      @@TheSonny3333 Exactly, i could never deny this

  • @justinmalangoni9467
    @justinmalangoni9467 Před 2 lety +2

    great stuff!

  • @davemojarra2666
    @davemojarra2666 Před 4 lety

    Fantastic video!

  • @fiddleriddlediddlediddle
    @fiddleriddlediddlediddle Před 2 lety +5

    Your Dido drawing is very pretty.

  • @CapAnson12345
    @CapAnson12345 Před 3 lety +10

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

  • @avtaras
    @avtaras Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @rsfaeges5298
    @rsfaeges5298 Před 2 lety +3

    Thanks!

  • @fredericchopin4821
    @fredericchopin4821 Před rokem +2

    Great video! I love your content.

  • @surenot4362
    @surenot4362 Před 3 lety +7

    "War will come....so I will not have false visions...and...I think...the children will be quiet tonight."

    • @basharswan8487
      @basharswan8487 Před 3 lety +2

      I only know this from
      Total war rome : carthage campaign omg the nostalgia

  • @abbasjafiya21
    @abbasjafiya21 Před 3 lety +2

    The Phoenician Head cut giving the side eye is awesome

  • @Eviligniter
    @Eviligniter Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @mdivmapperandgamer1138
    @mdivmapperandgamer1138 Před 4 lety +43

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