Ancient Carthage: Rise of a Superpower (TRIH ep 422, part 2)
480 BCE · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their multi-part series on Carthage, surveying the city's origins, growth and geopolitical role in the western Mediterranean. They discuss primary ancient sources — especially Polybius and Herodotus — and the Roman and Greek framing that gives Carthage a dark, exotic reputation.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 480 BCE
- Peloponnesian War (431 BCE)
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Cleisthenes' reforms (508 BCE)
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)