In a broader sense ( that is, taking only Smith's first sentence into account ), " vexilloid " can be used of any banner ( vexillary object ) which is not a flag.

* The Sassanian Empire, which is called Eran Shahr ( Aryan Empire ) in Middle Persian, used a symbol similar to the sun cross on its vexilloid, which is called the Derafsh Kaviani.

Carthage lost most of its fleet and was economically incapable of funding another, or of finding manpower for the crews.

Before the war, Carthage had the most powerful navy in the western Mediterranean.

The older brother Tiberius was the most distinguished young officer in the Third Punic War, Rome's last campaign against Carthage.

Child sacrifice to supernatural figures or forces, such as the one practiced in ancient Carthage, may be only the most notorious example in the ancient world.

Their most famous colonies were Cadiz in today ’ s Spain and Carthage in today ’ s Tunisia.

Wars with Carthage, the Parthians and most notably, the campaigns against Pyrrhus of Epirus, illustrate this.

The farmlands surrounding Carthage represented the most productive, most accessible and perhaps the most easily obtainable agricultural lands not yet under Roman control.

This treaty leaves Carthage in control of most of Sicily.

The Synod of Hippo of 393 ordered a general meeting yearly, but this was found too onerous for the bishops, and in the Synod of Carthage ( 407 ) it was decided to hold a general synod only when necessary for the needs of all Africa, and it was to be held at a place most convenient for the purpose.

Carthage is most famous for being the site of the murder of Joseph Smith in 1844.

Saturnalia underwent a major reform in 217 BC, after the Battle of Lake Trasimene, when the Romans suffered one of their most crushing defeats by Carthage during the Second Punic War.

With the two brothers at the head of the army, the Vandal force paused on the way to Carthage to destroy the great aqueduct which supplied the city with most of its water.

Many, if not all Brujah dream of re-making their fabled Carthage, unfortunately most of the Brujah have a very different vision of what it should be.

Hoping to conquer first Italy and then Africa, he got involved in wars against Rome and Carthage, the two most powerful states in the western Mediterranean.

There is also an appendix ( pp. 155 – 65 ) of texts and Italian translations of some of the most famous poems of late antiquity devoted to the theme of the rose – many from the so-called Latin Anthology, a collection of poems from the imperial age thought to have been assembled at Carthage " during the cultural renaissance of Vandalic Africa in the V century CE.

Their most famous use in the West was by the Greek general Pyrrhus of Epirus and in significant numbers by the armies of Carthage, including briefly by Hannibal.

The Celtiberians were the most influential ethnic group in pre-Roman Iberia, but they had their largest impact on history during the Second Punic War, during which they became the ( perhaps unwilling ) allies of Carthage in its conflict with Rome, and crossed the Alps in the mixed forces under Hannibal's command.

The district contains most of Southwest Missouri, the most conservative part of the state, anchored in the city of Springfield, as well as cities such as Joplin, Carthage, and Neosho.

“ No firm evidence places him in Rome at all, or for that matter anywhere outside of Carthage … It is in the well-educated circles in Carthage ,” Wright argues, “ that Tertullian most securely belongs ”.

Apologeticus, his most famous apologetic work, was written in Carthage in the summer or autumn of 197 AD, during the reign of: Septimius Severus.

While Carthage remained engaged in Sardinia after 510 BC, most of the Greek colonies in Sicily fell under the rule of tyrants.

He probably participated in the First Punic War, the first of three wars fought between the Roman Republic and Ancient Carthage, although no details of his role are known.

It is an old error to suppose that Tertullian attacked this in his ' De pudicitia ', but Tertullian is referring to the remission of sins, not to the reception of converts, and was probably writing ten years earlier ; the bishop he criticizes is much more likely to be the bishop of Carthage than the bishop of Rome.

But when Gelimer reached Ammatas's position and discovered that his brother had been killed, by the vanguard of John the Armenian, he became disconsolate and failed to give an order for one more assault — which would probably have destroyed the reeling Roman army and cut off the Huns and Romans who had earlier advanced toward Carthage after beating Ammatas and Gibamund.

The Carthage story is a later invention, probably modelled on the story of Shechem.

Similarly, Henry Purcell wrote the opera " Dido and Aeneas ", which is based on themes from Classical Antiquity and is set in the immediate aftermath of the Trojan War ; yet, he provided Dido ( Queen of Carthage ) with a sister called " Belinda "-a name which is probably of Germanic origin and certainly did not exist before the Middle Ages.

Carthage often hauled defeated generals and admirals before the Tribunal of 100 and had them crucified, so Hamilcar probably distanced himself from the possibility of prosecution if the Roman terms turned out to be harsh enough for Carthaginian authorities to seek a scapegoat.

* Carthage would evacuate all islands between Italy and Sicily – probably the Aegates Islands in addition to the Aeolian Islands.

This probably dealt a fatal blow to any chance of permanent peace between Rome and Carthage and is one of the causes of the Second Punic War and held as the motivation of the subsequent military and political activities of Hamilcar.

Animated probably by an irrational fear of a Carthaginian revival, but possibly by suspicion of Masinissa ’ s ambitions, Cato thenceforward advocated, finally with success, the destruction of Carthage.

As far as the word is concerned it may probably not antedate the fourth century, when it was introduced in the Church at Carthage ; but the fact is certainly older.

The Romans intended to send two legions to Sicily in 262 BC, probably willing to negotiate peace with Carthage.

These cities remained independent until becoming part of the Carthaginian hegemony after 540 BC, probably when Malchus of Carthage " conquered all Sicily " and sent the captured booty to Tyre.

Sicilian Greeks ( probably the cities of Akragas, Gela and Selinus ) fought an undated war of revenge against Carthage, which led to the destruction of Minoa and a treaty which brought economic benefits for the Greeks.

For his profound learning Cornelius sarcastically defined him as " that creator of dogmas, that champion of ecclesiastical culture ", though his eloquence impressed Saint Cyprian of Carthage ( Letter LX, 3 ) and a pope ( probably pope Fabianus ) made him a priest.

He probably accompanied the general to Spain and North Africa in the wars against Carthage.

Carthage was of the Eóganacht Chaisil and son, or, more probably, grandson of Óengus mac Nad Froích whom Saint Patrick baptized.

It is to be noted that the appellation of Papas was also enjoyed by the Bishop of Carthage by the late second & early third Centuries, most probably taken from Alexandria or from the common tradition of Pentapolis ( under Alexandrine Jurisdiction ) as it was quite common to call the Senior Bishop of Alexandria and the Senior Bishop of Pentapolis ( who was the second in importance and command after the Bishop of Alexandria and known as the Elder of Pentapolis ) Papas.

The foundation of the city probably dates from the 8th century BCE, about a century after the foundation of Carthage in Tunisia.