CLST 420 Lecture 21: Lecture21
23 Nov 2017
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The romans in north africa and modern politics. Two africa scholars argued that africans led a continuous resistance to roman power and that africans resisted romanization both militarily and culturally. Both anachronistically assigned nationalism to ancient societies and are clearly influenced by historical events of their time such as algerian independence war. It all starts with carthage, as carthage was a large power in na. Colony established by people of tyre in phoenicia (modern lebanon: historical traditions give different dates for the event, from mythical times to late. 9th c: earliest archeological finds date to 2nd half of 8th c. Rise of carthage, which takes control of other phoenician settlements in western. Mediterranean, especially in sicily and southern sardinia, but also malta, the balearic. C. 540 battle of the sardinian sea: carthaginians and etruscans vs. greeks from phokaia. 508 bce, first treaty between carthage and rome. 480 bce, carthaginian intervention in sicily and defeat at himera.
