A study of Roman coins has shown how the defeat of Hannibal and the Carthaginian empire led to coinage spreading across the Roman Empire from silver mines in Spain. According to historical accounts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hannibal Crossing the Alps by Jacopo Ripanda, c. 1510 - Getty Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning ...

'Carthage must be destroyed'—the title of Richard Miles's book was the constant theme of the Roman statesman Marcus Porcius Cato (234-149 B.C.). In the last years of his long life, Cato became ...

CARTHAGE HAD EXISTED for over half a millennium when the Romans destroyed it in 146 BCE. Located in a natural harbor on the coast of modern day Tunisia, it was for centuries the great maritime power ...

In 146 BC, as the Romans conquered the vast Carthaginian Empire in North Africa, thousands of people fled their homeland. Now, science is suggesting some may have taken refuge thousands of miles away ...

Remember when Australians paid in shillings and pence? New research suggests the words for these coins and other culturally important items and concepts are the result of close contact between the ...

Explore a fascinating alternate history scenario where Tunisia sets out to revive the ancient Carthaginian Empire and ...

He is seen as one of the greatest commanders in military history and famously marched across the Alps and into Italy HANNIBAL Barca is widely seen as one of the greatest military commanders to have ...

Under the Romans, the world became connected like never before. Within a single empire, lands from Scotland to the Middle East fell under one roof. Founded somewhere around 625 BC, the Roman Empire ...

A prominent Italian historian has claimed that the Roman Empire collapsed because a "contagion of homosexuality and effeminacy" made it easy pickings for barbarian hordes, sparking a furious row.