HIS240 Lecture 2: His_240_-_Class_2
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An ancient city located between carthage in the south and hippo diarrhytus in the north, near the outflow of the medjerda river into the mediterranean sea. It is traditionally considered to be the first colony founded by the phoenicians in. After the carthago defeat by rome, utica was an important roman colony for seven centuries. Today, utica no longer exists, and its remains are located in. The battle of munda (45 bc) in southern hispania was the final battle of caesar"s civil war against the roman republic, and against the leaders of the optimates. With the military victory at munda, and the deaths of titus labienus and gnaeus. Pompeius (eldest son of pompey), caesar was politically able to return in triumph to rome, and then govern as the elected roman dictator. Subsequently, the assassination of julius caesar began the republican decline that lead to the roman empire, initiated with the reign of the roman emperor.
