Ancient Carthage: Lords of the Sea (TRIH ep 421, part 1)
814 BCE · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the origins and reputation of Carthage by tracing its roots to the Phoenician city of Tyre. Beginning with Gustave Flaubert's lurid depiction of child sacrifice in Salombeau, they unpack how Greek and Roman authors, the Bible, and later writers shaped Carthage’s exotic and brutal image.
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Around 814 BCE
- Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (750 BCE)
- Founding of Rome (traditional) (753 BCE)
- Upanishads composed (800 BCE)
- Founding of Carthage (814 BCE)
- Neo-Assyrian Empire (911 BCE)
- Homer (800 BCE)
- Greek alphabet developed (800 BCE)
- Spring and Autumn period (771 BCE)
- Rise of the polis (750 BCE)
- The prophet Elijah (900 BCE)