Punic
There are 305 items in Punic:
Ophellas
Ophellas (c.355-308): Macedonian officer, served under Alexander the Great and Ptolemy.Ophellas was born in Pella as the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Silenus. He was probably educated at the court of king Philip II (359-336) and queen Olympias, because…Opus Africanum
Opus Africanum: modern name for an ancient building technique. Opus Africanum in Bulla Regia The type of masonry shown in the photos…Palermo, Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas
Large collection of archaeological objects from western Sicily. There are 14 items in Palermo, Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas: …Phameas
Phameas: Carthaginian cavalry officer during the Third Punic War. Armor of a Carthaginian officer (Ksour es-Saf) In the third century BCE, Rome and Carthage…
Phoenician glass pendant |
Phoenicians
Phoenicians (Greek: Φοίνικες): Greek name of the inhabitants of the ancient cities of Aradus, Tripoli, Byblos, Berytus, Sidon, and Tyre. In the Iron Age, they founded colonies on Cyprus (Kition), on Sicily (Motya, Panormus), in Libya (Lepcis, Oea, Sabratha), in…Pillars of Heracles
Pillars of Heracles (Greek: Ἡράκλειαι Στῆλαι): ancient name for the narrow strait that connected the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, identical to the modern Strait of Gibraltar. …Plutarch on Pyrrhus' Sicilian campaign
Sicily The philosopher Plutarch of Chaeronea (46-c.122) is the author of a series of double biographies in which he compared Greeks…Plutarch on Timoleon
Sicily The philosopher Plutarch of Chaeronea (46-c.122) is the author of a series of double biographies in which he compared Greeks…Polybius on the topography of Sicily
Sicily The following account, from Polybius's History of the World, 1.42, describes the geographical situation of Sicily. The text is offered…Pompeius Trogus on the Founding of Carthage
Founding of Carthage: according to tradition, Carthage was founded in 814 BCE by a Phoenician princess named Elissa.The story of the founding of Carthage is told by a Roman author named Justin, who made an excerpt of the history written…
Punic funerary stele |