sack of Carthage

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:aftermath Carthage was rebuilt
gptkbp:carthaginian_art destroyed
gptkbp:carthaginian_defenses overwhelmed
gptkbp:carthaginian_diplomacy failed to secure aid
gptkbp:carthaginian_economy devastated
gptkbp:carthaginian_fortifications breached
gptkbp:carthaginian_history marked by conflict with Rome
gptkbp:carthaginian_language lost
gptkbp:carthaginian_military defeated
gptkbp:carthaginian_population enslaved
gptkbp:carthaginian_religion destroyed
gptkbp:carthaginian_resistance fierce but ultimately futile
gptkbp:carthaginian_society collapsed
gptkbp:carthaginian_surrender unconditional
gptkbp:carthaginian_territory annexed by Rome
gptkbp:committee approved the destruction
gptkbp:consequences Roman dominance in the Mediterranean
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspiration for literature and art
gptkbp:date 146 BC
gptkbp:duration approximately 3 weeks
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Punic_Wars
gptkbp:historical_source gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus
gptkb:Polybius
gptkb:Appian_of_Alexandria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label sack of Carthage
gptkbp:location gptkb:Carthage
gptkbp:military_strategy siege warfare
gptkbp:nationality granted to some Carthaginians
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Lucius_Marcius_Censorinus
gptkb:Gaius_Laelius
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Scipio_Aemilianus
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkbp:political_ideology depicted as a moral victory
gptkbp:result destruction of Carthage
gptkbp:roman_architecture influenced by the event
gptkbp:roman_historians chronicled the event
gptkbp:roman_naval_power crucial to victory
gptkbp:significance end of the Third Punic War
gptkbp:strategy gptkb:blockade
gptkb:Hasdrubal
abandoned
total war
influenced later cultures
remains a subject of study
defense efforts
Carthage forbidden to be rebuilt
Carthaginian culture erased
decisive in the Punic Wars
demonstrated superiority
failed to unite
focused on total annihilation
led to Roman expansion.
numbered around 80,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Vandals
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5