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Carthage's African Heartland: The Land That Sustained Hannibal — Fexingo History

Carthage's African Heartland: The Land That Sustained Hannibal — Fexingo History

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 When we think of Carthage, we often picture Hannibal crossing the Alps or the great harbor of the Cothon. But the heart of Carthaginian power lay in its North African territory—the fertile fields of the Bagradas Valley, the ancient cities of Utica and Hippo Regius, and the vast grain ships that fed the empire. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the agricultural backbone of Carthage: how Punic farmers cultivated wheat, olives, and vines using innovative terraced farming and irrigation, and how this wealth funded the army that terrorized Rome. They discuss the legendary wealth of the Magonid family, the role of Libyan laborers and Berber tribes, and the devastating loss of the African hinterland after the Second Punic War, which left Carthage vulnerable to Rome's final siege. Along the way, they touch on the enigmatic Punic farmsteads discovered by archaeologists, the cult of Melqart as a god of colonization, and the tragic tale of the city's reliance on imported grain that spelled its doom. This is the story of the land that made Carthage possible—and whose loss made its destruction inevitable.

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