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unusual facts about punic



Djerba

An archaeological field survey of Djerba, carried out between 1995 and 2000 under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, the American Academy in Rome and the Tunisian Institut National du Patrimoine, revealed over 400 archaeological sites, including many Punic and Roman villas.

French ironclad Magenta

At the time of the accident, Magenta had a cargo of Carthaginian antiques, notably 2080 punic stelae (Tophet, 2nd century BC) and a marble statue of Vibia Sabina (Thasos, c. 127-128 AD), found in 1874 by the Pricot de Sainte-Marie mission.

Hasdrubal the Fair

This treaty was caused by the fear of two important Greek colonies, Ampurias and Sagunto, before the continuous growth of Punic power in Iberia, who asked for help to Rome.

Livius Salinator

Marcus Livius Salinator (254 BC-ca. 204 BC), Roman consul who fought in both the First Punic wars and Second Punic wars

Naraggara

The name Naraggara, a Libyan inscription, suggests a pre-Roman origin for the city, along with the name being bilingual in Latin and Neo-Punic.

Phoenician language

The name given to these people by Hanno the Navigator's interpreters was transmitted from Punic into Greek as gorillai and was applied in 1847 by Thomas S. Savage to the Western Gorilla.

Punics

Remains of the Punic culture can be found in settlements from the Iberian Peninsula in the West to Cyprus in the East.

Sines Municipality

On the island of Pessegueiro, there is also evidence of Ibero-Punic artefacts discovered under the Roman port, discovered by archeologists Carlos Tavares da Silva and Joaquina Soares (1981).

Tal-Barrani

In 1993, a punic temple was found in the area under the main road that passes through the outskirts of Żejtun, Tarxien, Santa Luċija, Għaxaq and Bir id-Deheb.


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