Hannibal's Spanish Base: The Rise of Carthago Nova — Fexingo History

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Hannibal's Spanish Base: The Rise of Carthago Nova — Fexingo History

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Episode 24 of Fexingo History's Hannibal Barca series examines the strategic and economic heart of the Barcid empire in Iberia: Carthago Nova, modern-day Cartagena. Hosts Lucas and Luna explore how this natural harbor city became Hannibal's launching pad for the Second Punic War. Lucas details the city's founding by Hasdrubal the Fair in 228 BCE, its immense silver mines that funded the Carthaginian war machine, and its multicultural population of Iberians, Liby-Phoenicians, and Punics. The episode covers the city's fortifications, its role as a naval base, and the crucial siege by Scipio Africanus in 209 BCE that turned the tide of the war. Lucas explains the mining techniques, the silver production figures, and how the city's fall crippled Carthage's economy. Luna asks about the city's earlier name, Mastia, and its later Roman incarnation as Colonia Urbs Iulia Nova Carthago. The conversation ends with a reflection on how geography and resources shape military history.

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