17. Carthage - Empire of the Phoenicians

Buried beneath the city streets of the Tunisian capital of Tunis, an ancient city lies forgotten...

In this episode, we look at one of the most dramatic stories to come down to us from the ancient world: the rise and fall of the empire of Carthage. Find out how this city rose out of the Phoenician states of the Eastern Mediterranean, and set out on voyages of discovery and settlement that put them at the centre of the ancient world. And hear how the city of Carthage was destroyed, and its memory nearly wiped from the earth.

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Credits:

Written and produced by Paul Cooper
Sound engineering by Alexey Sibikin

3D recreations of Carthage by Faber-Courtial
https://faber-courtial.de/

Original music by Pavlos Kapralos: https://youtube.com/@pavloskapralos3969
Title theme: Home At Last by John Bartmann https://johnbartmann.com/

Sass Hoory: percussion
Lelu Blesa: vocals
Anastasia Papadopoulou: vocals
June Filetti: oboe
Pavlos Kapralos: oud, vocals, flutes, instrument sampling and editing

Voice actors:

Michael Hajiantonis
Lachlan Lucas
Alexandra Boulton
Simon Jackson
Tom Marshall-Lee
Chris Harvey
Nick Denton
Paul Casselle

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Chapters

00:00 - Intro
10:07 - The Phoenicians
16:54 - Voyages of discovery
32:50 - The founding of Carthage
49:36 - Life in Carthage
1:03:56 - The city
1:18:56 - Wars in Sicily
1:34:38 - Child Sacrifice
1:50:23 - Conflict with Rome
2:06:00 - Aftermath of the First Punic War
2:22:03 - Hannibal
2:38:59 - The War Comes to Italy
2:54:53 - Peace
3:12:34 - The Third Punic War
3:28:36: The Fall of Carthage