CLAS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Curbed, Economic Mobility, Latifundium
15 Jun 2015
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The legendary queen dido of tyre founded carthage in 814 bce. Two harbours with a massive fleet to protect the trade. Maritime trade empire based on tyrian purple dye. Traded around the mediterranean, britain, west africa. Land trade caravans to central africa and persia. Control up to 300 trade colonies around the western mediterranean. Silks to linen and wools and textiles, incent, perfumes, precious wares, weapons, food. Massive trading fleet backed up by a huge navy. Huge elite navy for trade and protection. Elephants, gauls, celts, greeks, africans, italians, sicilians, spaniards, numidians, etc made up the army. Fought as greek hoplites, supported by lighter skirmishes and lots of cavalry. Sicily divided between the kingdom of syracuse, carthaginian trading cities, and independent greek cities. Mamertine (sons of mars)take city of messana. Mamertines call for aid to carthage and rome. Mamertines call on rome(fellow italians( to get rid of the carthaginians. Syracuse and carthage declare war on rome.
