028 The Rise of Carthage
In this episode, part 1 of 2 on the Greco-Etruscan-Carthaginian relations during the 6th/5th centuries BC, we discuss Carthage's foundation myths and early history as just another Phoenician colony, Tyre's decline and Carthage's rise as the dominant economic superpower in the western Mediterranean, the alliance between the Carthaginians and Etruscans against the western Greeks, and the Battle of Alalia and its aftermath Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/01/028-rise-of-carthage.html Intro by Brandon Huebner of the Maritime History PodcastWebsite: http://maritimehistorypodcast.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimehistorypodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/HistoriaMare
