Carthage (disambiguation)
Carthage (Latin: Carthago or Karthago) is a city near Tunis, the present day capital of Tunisia, that was a powerful Phoenician and Punic city-state in antiquity. It later became the capital of Africa, a rich Roman province. For its former empire, see the article Ancient Carthage.
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Carthage or Carthago may also refer to:
Places
United States
- Carthage, Arkansas
- Carthage, California, a.k.a. Cartago, California
- Carthage, Illinois
- Carthage, Indiana
- Carthage, Maine
- Carthage, Mississippi
- Carthage, Missouri
- Carthage, New York
- Carthage, North Carolina
- Carthage, Ohio (disambiguation), multiple places
- Carthage, South Dakota
- Carthage, Tennessee
- Carthage, Texas
- Carthage Lake, Illinois
- South Carthage, Tennessee
- West Carthage, New York
Elsewhere
- Carthage (episcopal see), the city restored to importance by Julius Caesar and Augustus
- Carthage, Ontario, Canada
- Carthago, Sudan
- Tunis–Carthage International Airport in Tunis, Tunisia
People
- Five Martyrs of Carthage, Felix of Thibiuca, Audactus, Fortunatus, Januarius, and Septimus, all martyred during the Great Persecution under the Roman emperor Diocletian
- Saint Carthage the Elder, also known as Carthach
- Saint Carthage the Younger, also known as Carthage of Lismore or Mochuda ("My Carthage")
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Carthage, novel by Ross Leckie
- Carthage, novel by Joyce Carol Oates
- Carthage, a portion of fictional virtual world in television animation series Code Lyoko
Military
At Carthage in North Africa
- Battle of Carthage (c. 149 BC) (Punic), Carthaginians vs. Romans
- Battle of Carthage (238), in civil war among Romans
- Battle of Carthage (533), a.k.a. Battle of Ad Decimum, Vandals vs. Byzantines
- Battle of Carthage (698), Byzantines vs. Arabs
Other engagements
- Battle of Carthage (1861), in American Civil War
- Operation Carthage (1945), air raid on Copenhagen
Other uses
- Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Carthage Jail, in Illinois where Joseph Smith, Jr. was murdered
- Councils of Carthage, theological events in early 1st millennium BC
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