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Carthage: The Roman Holocaust

All Episodes 2004
TV-PG

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  • 2004-05-07T23:00:00Z
  • 1h 40m
  • 3h 20m (2 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, History
Carthage was Rome's equal, rival and almost her conqueror. In 146 BC Roman General Scipio Destroyed the city of Carthage so painstakingly and utterly that not a single building was left standing. What did the Romans so fear about the Carthaginians that in the end they would be prompted to the most terrible acts of reprisal in the ancient world? A new archaeological dig by Dr. Richard Miles of Cambridge University, penetrates the burned layer of the Roman holocaust and uncovers fresh evidence.

2 episodes

Series Premiere

2004-05-07T23:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2004-05-07T23:00:00Z1h 40m

Part one of two. Historian and archaeologist Dr Richard Miles explores why Rome's leaders were so intent on destroying the rival empire of Carthage. Miles visits key sites of the period to assess what made the exotic civilization such a threat, and reveals how the destruction of this largely forgotten culture has been called the Hiroshima of the classical world

2004-05-07T23:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2004-05-07T23:00:00Z1h 40m

The conclusion. Historian and archaeologist Dr Richard Miles explores why Rome's leaders were so intent on destroying the rival empire of Carthage. Miles visits key sites of the period to assess what made the exotic civilization such a threat, and reveals how the destruction of this largely forgotten culture has been called the Hiroshima of the classical world

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