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Description: Historical essay by Maurice M. Hassett.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Carthage The city of Carthage, founded by colonists, and long the great opponent of for supremacy in the civilized world, was destroyed by a Roman army, 146 B.C. A little more than a century later (44 B.C.), a new city composed of Roman colonists was founded by Julius Cæsar on the site of Carthage, and became the capital of the Roman province of Africa Nova, which included the province of Africa Vetus, as well as Numidia. From this date Roman Africa made rapid progress in prosperity and became one of the most flourishing colonies of the empire.
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| Page title: | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Carthage |
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| Description: | Founded by Phoenician colonists, and long the great opponent of Rome in the duel for supremacy, was destroyed by a Roman army, 146 B.C. A little more than a century later (44 B.C.), a new city composed of Roman colonists was founded on the site |
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