Is there archaeology of Roman Carthage? What are the similarities and differences between the street systems of Roman Carthage compared to older Roman settlements? Did Roman planners of the Second Century have a different approach to street layout compared to Britain and Syria?
Yes, the field of archaeology of Roman Carthage is much larger than that of Punic Carthage, precisely because the Romans built on the foundations and urban traces that remained from Punic Carthage. If you go to Carthage (in modern City of Tunis), what you will see at first glance, among the streets or public spaces, are ruins of Roman Carthage (such as the baths of Antoninus). The striclty cartaghinian ruins are more difficult to see, because they are few in number and museums have generally been built around them. Regarding the streets in particular, as I was saying, the Romans used the urban planning and the existing streets of Punic Carthage, except for Byrsa Hill, which they completely remodeled to build a Roman-style forum.
It was taught in my school in 1961-65. I also took 4 years of Latin in a public high school in upstate New York. Education started losing quality curriculums and teachers by the mid 70s. After living in other countries for 15 years (where that Latin made Portuguese and Spanish easy for me to read, speak and write)..I returned to my high school to talk to my French teacher’s students. There was barely any control in the classrooms or the hallways.
Really nice myth-busting article! How about starting a trend? Let's do the same with money: "And...money has no value". Leading to the destruction of the "cryptocurrencies industry/market", the end of poverty , the saving of planet Earth from us(and a lot more, of course)?
I'm slightly curious as to whether anything could have been salted into infertility in the premodern world. That sounds like a lot of salt in a context when salt was not THAT cheap to mine/harvest
Is there archaeology of Roman Carthage? What are the similarities and differences between the street systems of Roman Carthage compared to older Roman settlements? Did Roman planners of the Second Century have a different approach to street layout compared to Britain and Syria?
Yes, the field of archaeology of Roman Carthage is much larger than that of Punic Carthage, precisely because the Romans built on the foundations and urban traces that remained from Punic Carthage. If you go to Carthage (in modern City of Tunis), what you will see at first glance, among the streets or public spaces, are ruins of Roman Carthage (such as the baths of Antoninus). The striclty cartaghinian ruins are more difficult to see, because they are few in number and museums have generally been built around them. Regarding the streets in particular, as I was saying, the Romans used the urban planning and the existing streets of Punic Carthage, except for Byrsa Hill, which they completely remodeled to build a Roman-style forum.
It was taught in my school in 1961-65. I also took 4 years of Latin in a public high school in upstate New York. Education started losing quality curriculums and teachers by the mid 70s. After living in other countries for 15 years (where that Latin made Portuguese and Spanish easy for me to read, speak and write)..I returned to my high school to talk to my French teacher’s students. There was barely any control in the classrooms or the hallways.
Really nice myth-busting article! How about starting a trend? Let's do the same with money: "And...money has no value". Leading to the destruction of the "cryptocurrencies industry/market", the end of poverty , the saving of planet Earth from us(and a lot more, of course)?
A complex and broad topic. I leave it to you to command that war.
"Tu quoque fili"?
I'm slightly curious as to whether anything could have been salted into infertility in the premodern world. That sounds like a lot of salt in a context when salt was not THAT cheap to mine/harvest