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When Rome said something needs to be destroyed they really meant it.

I love how the phrase "Delenda est Carthago" is constantly switched around (i.e. Carthago delenda est) by historians. Everyone agrees Cato said it about one million times, but nobody can agree on what order this 3 word sentence goes in.

Someone needs to make a film series about the the Punic Wars.

Why do you keep showing the statue of Constantine over and over again? He was born 500 years after the Punic wars

I can't get enough of Timeline on Rome. Well done

How anyone can talk about Hannibal in Italy without covering the battle of Cannae is beyond me.

“This isn’t some schmuck in a flak jacket” is the *funniest* thing I’ve ever heard

Love this series & love learning bout Rome, thank you for this documentary, keep it up :)

Thank you, Dr. Miles. You brought the story to life.

Hannibal didn´t take Rome because he knew it would be impossible to subdue such a city with the army he had under his command. Even if he entered it the population was simply to big to effectively subdue.

Thanks for the upload! I never really knew the history behind this. When it was mentioned in Gladiator, I never understood what it was about. Now I get it!

Thank you for this. Very well-produced, indeed.

You love Carthaginians, you love history and your commentary is excellent. Thanks.

I appreciate you and your passion and love for history thank you for doing this for us

When Carthage failed to take over Sicily it signed its own long term Death Warrant - for without Sicily Carthage would lack population (farming citizen-soldier population). The move from a citizen army (mentioned by Aristotle - in the old days no one could vote in Carthage unless they had first undertaken military service), to a mercenary army that could defeat Rome in battles - but never, in the end, in a war. The Carthaginians had been appalled by their losses in the wars with the Greeks in Sicily - but, by trying to avoid losses (by turning away from a citizen-soldier culture) the Carthaginians made sure that, in the end, their losses would be TOTAL. Ironically the Romans themselves turned away from a culture of citizen soldiers - thus signing its own long term Death Warrant.

as a Tunisian I'm proud of my heritage and history , thank you for this

What a wonderful channel and series of programs. I love the host as well, excellent voice and cadence.

Love , love, love all the history I can find!

Fascinating. Lots of detail I've heard nowhere else. I'll watch P1 and P2 more than once.

Timeline left out the influence of the ancient Greek colonies throughout the Mediterranean and their interaction with Rome and Italy as well as the Hellenistic influence on both Rome and Carthage. I was hoping to see a lot more in terms of Carthage's founding and early development.

In 1996,almost 2,100 years of Punic Wars,a symbolic peace treaty was signed between the mayor of Rome and Tunis where Carthage was under a district jurisdiction marked the end of rivalry of 2 cities even it was changed on the time but also Italy and Tunisia are allies

38:45 Boat named "Hannibal" , that's awesome.

4:43 Damn that sounds so cool It makes you sad about Carthage too

Superb video. Thank you..I've always wondered what was the true story. Well presented.

That was great. Thank you. Your prononciation is also really good for my English practice.

Each boat was marked *ίκεα*

The Carthaginians were hated by the Greeks long before the Romans entered the scene. The Punic were seen as an evil race. Some of it comes from their (occasional) human sacrifices, which both the Romans and the Greeks had in disgust, but there's more. For example, sentencing your best general to crucifixion just because he's too popular with his mercenary troops after a victorious campaign in the name of Carthage. It happened more than once. Even the great Hannibal, he went to exile not because of the Romans but because the Carthaginian senate really were a crazy ungrateful untrustworthy bunch. Now that I think of it, I know of another crazy bunch like that: the Venitians. These merchant people just don't play by the rules. (I have great admiration for Carthage, I just like to play the devil's advocate.)

Way too many adds on youtube all of a sudden

LMAO at the people in the comments saying this doc is "biased," that's the whole point -- traditionally we always get the Roman version, which is just as biased. Let the man tell the other side for once

My 23andme test results line up with everything I've been studying about carthage and the Pheonicians. My last name is Cartagena, and as a Christian, I also learned about the dark practices of the Pheonicians, like Jezebel for example, and can tell that my ancestors may have also dabbled in dark practices. Learning all of this is so eye-opening and refreshing.

As a Tunisian, it warms my heart to find such beautiful documentaries acknowledging the greatness of the Carthaginian civilisation. Great upload, you got yourselves a new subscriber! :)

Absolutely wonderful. Now only if all history lessons could be this informative and entertaining.

The current senate house was built a century after the Punic wars, so it is wrong to claim Cato spoke from those benches.

I really enjoyed this ... Very well done 👍

I can't stop thinking of That Mitchell and Webb Look. He is constantly walking at the camera!

You are correct IMO. Great information and presentation.

I didn't know Robert Webb presented history docs

Great program I just wish it was longer.

yet another great upload thanks again :)

Absolutely fantastic documentary. Thank you

A 15 year campaign in Rome. That's literally enough time for boys to grow up to become soldiers, more than enough time to create entire new armies consisting of a new generation of soldiers. Hannibal's own soldiers would have started to hit middle-age at the end of the Italian campaign. There was no way Hannibal was ever going to defeat Rome by himself after that length of time.

Would it not have made sense for Carthage to see the writing on the wall, pledge allegiance to Rome and become a prosperous city-state within the Roman Empire? They could have kept their culture that way while also assimilating the best parts of Roman sophistication. No context at all is provided, I don't believe Rome would invest that much money and manpower to destroy a large city on another continent for no reason at all.

This is why I treasure my Carthaginian coins. History of an Empire seen as an ultimate alternative history empire is very significant.

Nice, Phillip Glass as part of soundtrack!!

Let this be a lesson for all empires,the elites are nearly always responsible for their empires downfall.

And now let us switch over to the history experts in the comment section:

Great documentary, Jez!

Another Great video of the day! Imagine if the Senate had sent the seige equipment, Hannibal ordered?

A bit simplistic. Rome as the evil thugs versus Carthago as the noble victim. At the end of the day they were two major powers fighting over the same territory.

220 ships in just 45 days!?!?! That's incredible!

Really really good luv it, more please.

I love you timeline !

"Carthage was the tutor who's feet Rome learned the art of Empire. So powerful it stood in the way of Rome's greatness." 5:50. Chills. Love this documentary!

I love this doc, thank you!

Thank you Dr. Miles.

Ads breaker....Forward till the end before play the video.... Will only have 1 ads than playback the video....

They needed photon cannons and Protoss Carriers to defend the city.

Carthage still so salty

Great work!

Hannibal at Cannae?? I was staggered that for a presenter eager to tell the Carthaginian story he barely mentioned Hannibal’s incredible military supremacy in winning all battles in Europe including his total annihilation of the Romans at Cannae! It was arguably the most brilliant, and bloody victory by any military leader in the ancient world and ranks up there with Alexs victory against Darius at Guagemala and against Porus at Hydaspes. Hannibal’s only defeat was at Zama, supported by the treachery of his own people.

A much-needed perspective beyond the warped historical version of the "victors" The forgotten stories of the vanquished must be heard if we are to understand humanity. This is a superb documentary.

19:57 that's a lot of boats

i was in carthage the other day having a breakfast in the punic art cafe that it had a great view of carthags bay and i was imagining the invasion of the romans and the years of siege it was a mixed feeling of sadness and fantasy.....

this is all overstated

I read about this when I was a kid(I was a fan of ancient Roman history), but forgot about it after all these nearly thirty years. It's an unfortunate part of history, and I still wonder why the Carthaginians deserved this punishment.

You missed a few key details, after his first major victory, one of Hannable's allies insisted that he head right for Rome, use that victory to it's fullest and take Rome while its stunned and demoralized. Hannibal knew his limitations and that Rome had a huge wall around it, it was heavily fortified. When Rome finally defeated Hannibal they did not want to just kill him, Rome had a habit of parading their enemies through the streets and torturing them long before they kill them.

I was pretty luke warm about this guy until he bellowed "Delenda est Carthago, Carthage must be destroyed" with the echo, I felt that. 32:33 if you want to hear it again.

Love you Timeline

D E V A S T A T E = Destroy to the uttermost.... this is the operative word that Rome deployed against the Carthaginians in order to annihilate them and assure that they would NEVER rebuild / re-populate Carthage. Not only did Rome destroy all of Carthage's buildings, but they sowed the soil with salt so Carthage could NOT grow any crops. Rome accomplished its survival purpose as demonstrated by the fact that there was never a 4th Punic War.... objective undeniably fulfilled.

Interesting documentary, but it should be noted that Carthaginian civilization did not disappear with the destruction of Carthage itself. Many Punic cities survived long after the bloodshed and prospered under Roman rule while maintaining much of the culture of their Phoenician ancestors.

Brilliant stuff.

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO ,, LOVE FROM SWEDEN ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you Sir for this documentary I think it's would be interested to contact Mr. Karim Mokhtar he has many truth about Carthage

Hello, can you please tell me the name of the song at 4:40? Thank you!

Very well presented thank you, I enjoyed this documentary.

Thank you .

Great video. This guys voice sounds just like that guy from the peep show. If you know you know

Great documentary so far, very informative but can we talk about why no one has noticed that this narrator is absolutely gorgeous and his voice goes through my ears like liquid silk? I could listen to him talk forever. Can i have him? To read me old literature until i fall asleep every night?

The quote about cartage must fall were the words of a notable Roman but it was a personal obsession

4:41 does anyone know the name of this music? It is awesome

I learned a lot, Thanks. Liking underdogs, I've always had a special liking for Carthage (but didn't know much about it, except Hannibal's elephants and the Phoenicians). And liked Troy, another underdog.... i liked here the first Scipio's wisdom: That Rome needed Carthage to keep it sharp, and to inspire improvements.

Rome knew it's time was at an end, and its leaders saw that Carthage was becoming everything rome had failed to be. Their anger and jealousy now echo through the ages. And the lesson still stands today.

I love these!

Why does the song at 4:43 hit so different?

There is so many historical inaccuracies here... Most important - (1) by the time of the 1st Punic conflict, there is no reason to believe that anybody considered Rome an upstart. It had already defeated Greek armies on the battlefield and conquered Greek cities in Italy. (2) Sicily has its own history. The Romans never agreed to let it be if the Carthaginians would let Italy be. Sicily was contested by the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the native Sicilians. The complication came about when disbanded Roman and Italian soldiers formed an enterprise to own a Sicilian city and succeeded introducing a 4th faction into the conflict and providing Rome with an excuse to intervene in Sicily (because they feared that Carthage was going to win Sicily). (3) Historians provide none of his ignorant and wholly made up 'fear and greed' motives. They simply state that the Roman state 'feared' or, more so, 'believed' that it was Carthage's intention to surround Rome and isolate them. Either Rome fought to prevent the encirclement in Siciliy or Rome would have a harder fight at some later point. Polybius is the most credible source on the matter... just read. (4) Exterminating cities was not as profound in that era. He should have been more clear that many cities received the treatment that Carthage got instead of making this seem unprecedented. I think people need to know that they are being lied to by a presenter that is either ignorant or dishonest. Don't take this seriously, it appears to only be entertainment.

When did Robert Webb start narrating documentaries?

Hannibal really took the meaning of "holding a grudge" to a whole new level when he marched with elephants from Spain all the way to Rome. That looks like a massive hike if you just look at the distance on a map, imagine how long and arduous it was in real life. And the ironic part of it is that in the end, after all that effort, Hannibal still didn't achieve anything significant in terms of inflicting any serious damage on Rome's power.

Hannibal at cannae 2 August 216 BC managed sourond and to slaughter over 67,000 Romans while hannibal only had about 50,000 in total. This made rome panic but when the Carthaginian fleet with supplies lost Hannibal had no choice but raid through Italy. But after a few more years Hannibal got called back home when the romans surprised Carthage with an army in africa on Carthaginian home land. But when the Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio at the battle of zama 19:th of October 202 bc manged to defeat Hannibal. Hannibal got banished due to this and Carthage got forced to sign an unimaginable harsh treaty

"by 300 BC Rome was punching and kicking its way to becoming a militarised state by some monstrous embryo with a destiny to fulfil straining to be born" 11:45 absolutely loved it

3 words barked from the mouth of a superpower. And here I was thinking Hannibal was the Barka.

damn, it's almost nerve chilling after 36 min.

Great educational and entertaining work here, thank you for posting this

Good presentation . narrator has great voice.

Thank god for KZfaq where I can binge on stories of history and great civilizations from the past. I thought I was biggest history buff but looks like there are a lot of us out there. I've been watching a lot of documentaries on the Roman empire, American Revolution, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Dark Ages, WWI and WWII (I like to jump around). I haven't even started on Greece, Egypt, and other ancient civilizations. So much to watch, so little time!! haha

For those who are saying that modern day Tunisia have no connection to ancient Carthage : Oumouk tangou is an ancient Tunisian tradition of invocation of the rain which was inherited from the Punic traditions . Tangou is another name of Tanit , goddess of fertility in ancient Carthage .My mother told me about it , she learned it from her mother before her : "Ommek tangou ya nse , d'aat rabi 'al shte" which means : "Oumouk tango, O women, ask God to rain" .

wish i can find a good and accurate documentary on "King Issa of Odessa"

That’s the way you defeat an enemy forever

Fire with fire. Carthage basically did a slaughter in Spain. They were conquering and destroying several Iberian tribes. One of those tribes were trade partners to the Roman republic and war followed. Hannibal showed the world Rome was mortal. Hannibal killed more people then the Romans did in Carthage. Two major wars and 1 smaller one and not to forget Hannibal aided the Seleucids in war against Rome. They destroyed the city. Which is a very normal choice for a republic of that strength and in that time.

i miss these kinds of documentaries