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carthage

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Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 12668 Housing Units (2000): 5217 Land area (2000): 9.537786 sq. miles (24.702752 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.037431 sq. miles (0.096945 sq. km) Total area (2000): 9.575217 sq. miles (24.799697 sq. km) FIPS code: 11656 Located within: ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Carthage ( or ) is a city near the present day capital of Tunisia , Tunis that was a powerful Phoenician and Punic city-state in antiquity. It became latter the capital of Africa , a rich Roman province. For its former empire, see the article Ancient Carthage ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ancient city of North Africa, from Phoenician quart khadash "new town." Related: Carthaginian .

Usage examples of carthage.

It was bad enough with those damned Romans yelling that Carthage must be destroyed, but at least they had not tried to destroy it.

Scipio Agricola Africanus, the man from Carthage, put his head down on his arms.

But Cato was a man of the Roman Senate all his life, and of the war with Carthage, a true representative of the stern Rome of the Republic.

In certain parts of the territory of ancient Carthage child sacrifice still prevails, so means must be devised to forbid the priests of Baal the pleasure of feeding their fires.

I will march south in the spring, cross the Iberus River and head for New Carthage, which I ought to reach comfortably by midsummer.

Gaius Memmius will take the one legion you owe me and march from the Baetis via Ad Fraxinum and Eliocroca to New Carthage, which of course is still our town.

After I join up with Gaius Memmius in New Carthage we will return to winter at Emporiae, strengthening the various coastal towns as we go.

Spain too long to trust any native people, Memmius tightened his ranks up and marched defensively toward New Carthage, some thirty miles away to the southwest.

It explained the situation, asked for help, and warned Metellus Pius that New Carthage could not last out until winter unless it got food.

The younger Balbus he sent on a more perilous mission, to penetrate the boiling tribes north of New Carthage and try to reach Pompey.

The transports were loaded with wheat, oil, salt fish, dried meat, chickpea, wine, even salt-all intended to make sure New Carthage did not starve because of the Contestani blockade from land and the pirate blockade from sea.

The mines around New Carthage were reopened, the Contestani punished for attacking dear, dead Gaius Memmius: his sister was now a widow.

Miami and had started for the Coast in her car, stopped overnight in Carthage, and became interested in its possibilities.

I explained how she was on her way to the Coast when she stopped overnight in Carthage and became interested in its possibilities.

I passed the intersection of Mason Street, and midway up the block to my left was the softly glowing sign of the Carthage Funeral Home.