"Carthage, land of mysteries founded more than 2000 years." "Guided by wealth, power and ambition ... some pioneers built an empire ... that dominated the Mediterranean for over 600 years." "They developed the most Advanced technologies of the time ... both at home and in the most remote regions then known." "His heart was a large port ... that housed hundreds warships ... the most formidable squad of antiquity." "These ships were fast." "People saw them coming." ""Carthage has come."" "But dark clouds accumulated on the horizon." "Carthage finally won an enemy to his height." "A superpower like the world had not yet seen, Rome." "The Romans saw Carthage like a spear ... pointed the heart of Rome." "In this battle life or death ... one of the two would win ... and the other would be reduced the ruins." "Sangue, massacre." "brilliant achievements engineering ... and suicidal acts of bravery mark the clash ... the two superpowers the ancient world ..." "Rome and Carthage." "It was a fight to the death ... and the result would change the course of Western history." "Bem vindos à Tunisia." "Olá, would Peter Weller." "When I was a child, heard the name "Carthage"." "I knew it was an ancient city, but did not know where it was." "Had heard in Hannibal elephants crossing the Alps ... and the famous war with Rome." "And he knew that the conflicts were known as the Punic Wars ... the Latin word "Punici" ... it was like Rome referred to Carthage." "But not imagined where Carthage was." "Well, I was here, in northern Tunisia." "This is Tunis, a modern capital ... about 2 million people ... living near the Mediterranean Sea." "In the fourth century BC, Carthage was a great empire ... that dominated the Mediterranean with a formidable navy." "But the legend of Carthage begins in the eastern Mediterranean ... in the city of Tyre." "In the Phoenician city of Tyre, one beautiful woman named Dido ... envy, greed and the lust for power ... disintegrated a royal family." "Dido was the beautiful daughter King Muto." "The husband, Phoenician ambitious died prematurely ... murdered by Pygmalion, brother of Dido." "Startled, Dido fled Tyre across the Mediterranean ... and down in a land unknown ... bridge in North Africa." "There, she negotiated with the natives ... the purchase of land could be covered ... with the skin of an ox." "Smart and savvy ..." "Dido cut the skin in very thin strips ... and they surrounded a large region of fertile land." "And it was there, under his rule ... that "Qart-Hadasht" or New City, would be built." "When they arrived in Carthage saw the size of the bay ... looked at the mountains, saw the rivers ... and knew a place, Byrsa ... that could serve as a large fortress." "They said, "is that ... we build our city right here. "" "In the village of Dido, Carthage soon prospered." "According to legend ... the story of her beauty, intelligence and wealth ... ran the world until Jarbas the king of the Moors." "Part of the story of Dido ... account that the king of native Lebanese, Jarbas ... wanted to marry her, but she refused." "According counters stories ... because of the love he felt murdered by her husband ... she threw herself on a pyre funeral and let burn." "And it was here, its ashes ... that one of the greatest empires the world rose." "Surrounded by powerful neighbors and with little land ... the Phoenicians of Carthage turned to the sea." "They were pioneers, pragmatic ... open to new ideas, and extremely innovative." "When Dido founded the city, the "New City" ... many people widened eyes and said ..." ""Hey, a new city, a new beginning. "" "And the trade routes Carthage expanded." "And quickly the city became ... internationally as any." "Over the next 200 years ..." "Carthage evolved to Mediterranean great power ... founding colonies in Corsica, Ibiza and North Africa." "Around the year 700, maybe the 650." "C. .." "Carthage became a power recognized." "Everyone knew, nobody messed with her." "It was a city very important." "Through extensive routes trade in the seventh century." "C. .." "new territories generated great treasures to Carthage." "A população chegou a 300 mil... making it one of the biggest cities of the world." "To some extent, can be compared to Manhattan." "A huge population living in a small area." "It was an important center commercial and cultural." "Not only North Africa ... but for all the western Mediterranean." "Before the Carthaginians, large engineering projects ... had been launched in honor of the gods." "The focus of Carthage was another." "Like America, 2500 years later ... the wealth of Carthage attracted legions ... seeking to make a fortune." "Architects and engineers city ?" "... had to find a way to welcome everyone." "A challenge that would end in most urban explosion ... of antiquity." "There was something in the spirit Carthaginian in his thinking ... stay on in the city of Carthage." "Then, the pressure to design buildings to ... accommodate people who wanted living in the city was huge." "The Carthaginians were the first large-scale ... making the city sky their private property ... building apartments." "The buildings could have up to six floors ... and had many residents." "Why?" "Because people wanted to live in Carthage." "It was a place of success, events." "Who wanted to improve life, going to Carthage." "to lift a big city ... was necessary first to find a good material with which to build." "The solution was El Haouaria in the Bay of Tunis." "In this distant quarry ..." "There was an apparently supply inexhaustible limestone ... it was easy to work and quick drying." "Limestone is perfect for buildings ... and geological deposits had limestone ... that place, in the basin, easy to remove." "Archaeologists believe that, as the Egyptians ... the Carthaginians cut each block of stone ... the simplest method, with water and wood." "After that marked a line Dotted one side of the stone ... they introduziam u with a wooden ... in a reasonable depth and then watered." "And, of course, the wood expanded with the water ... and broke the stone." "Increasing pressure wood expanding ... caused a fissure in the rock almost perfectly straight." "From there, they separated the blocks ... using simple levers." "Once the major blocks were cut ... and transported for the city ..." "Carthaginians will iam superpondo lajes and pillars ... to quickly Carthage transform ... in a dynamic capital." "It is obvious that by using stone from the beginning ... were ready to thrive." "They thought long-term." "For survival of a metropolis ... you need a source constant running water." "In Carthage, was no different ... and its former engineers used tanks like this." "Each tank was made with double layers ... eggshell, ash and clay ... making the cistern waterproof." "Every house had access a tank ... through pipes and channels." "The Carthaginians had full bathrooms ... bathtubs, sinks and even showers, years before Rome." "We have clear evidence ... long before the foundation of Carthage ... household plumbing." "But it was in Carthage, around the year 600." "C. .." "certainly in the tower Carthaginian of Kerkouane in 450." "C. .." "we had the first evidence a unified system ... supply water and sewage." "Anyone could make a bathroom ... but the question was what to do the water used." "And Kerkouane, can be clearly seen ... a unified leading plumbing ... the rooms needed as the kitchen and the bathroom ... and also removes water used for a large sewer system." "That was a great progress, but ... but it was also typically Carthaginian ... to be revolutionary." "In the sixth century." "C. .." "Carthage as florescia important city-state ... surrounded by magnificent temples, palaces shimmering ... and tall buildings." "But the flame of Carthage shone brightly ... cousins ?" "of the Phoenicians was fading." "The big city Phoenician Tyre ... fell into the hands of Babylon in 574 a." "C. .." "Carthage would proceeding alone." "Without delay, the Carthaginians ... saíram to explore the coast of North Africa ... continuing to expand the empire and conquering seas." "520 BC, three thousand oars ... drove 60 ships through the columns of Hercules ... known today as Strait of Gibraltar." "Hanno the Navigator, great admiral of Carthage ... exploring the limits of the known world." "Preparing to launch a daring plan ... which could lead to domain of the Mediterranean Sea." "Every major browser ..." "Christopher Columbus is or Vasco da Gama ... already sailed into the unknown ... for me, is a great descending ... the first and best of all, Hanno the browser." "Hanno sailed to expand boundaries of the network Carthaginian ... colonies and trading ... and not just for commercial activities ... but to found new cities with new leaders ... to maintain control of the land and access to its resources." "The technique of Carthage in the seas YOU brought power and wealth." "In the sixth century." "C. .." "the Ilhas of Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearics ... found themselves under your control." "The strength of this power flowed an engineering marvel ... the port of Carthage." "This was the absolute pinnacle engineering Carthaginian." "Although the documents are scarce ... archaeologists believe that the port was built ... already at the time of Hanno." "However, the city was at its height, in the second century." "C. .." "that the port has been renovated." "Had superior technology to anywhere in the world ... and was the vital center of Carthage." "and was the vital center of Carthage." "was the heart of Carthage lungs of Carthage." "It was all to Carthage." "Naval and commercial." "The port had a common entrance 22m wide ... which could be closed with iron chains." "Inside was two separate marinas ... the first being for ships cargo and trade." "The commercial port, the commercial port ... was organized wharves in ..." "Fosse easy to load and unload the goods." "So, in Carthage, imagine, in full the year 400." "C. .." "all goods of the known world ... were bought, brought and sold in Cartago." "The second round was designed for military use." "A number of docks 30 symmetrically positioned ... 140 more moorings in perimeter of the circular port ... allowed access and traffic comfortable vessel 220." "Today there are excavations Dry docks ... a pale reminder naval power of Carthage." "This is what's left tudo Kothon of ... the military port of ancient Carthage." "Kothon was a port interior, done in earth ..." "Different from the outside, the seashore." "With all these villages around ... is difficult to imagine that this harbor was the site of early ... of wealth and power of ancient Carthage." "The center of the sea waves was that round island ... where there were 40 or 50 boat moorings." "And there was a tower on the island where buglers showed signs ... messengers delivered orders ... and admirals could observe the operations ... how to watch the ships coming by the sea, friends or enemies." "But the ships did not know what happened in the harbor." "No one could be equal this power, this power ..." "Not to mention the ability navigation and exploration." "Then, when the barriers were removed from the channel ... boats flew as planes War." "These ships advancing quickly ... left the canal and went straight to the Mediterranean." "People saw them coming." ""Carthage has come."" "For two centuries, Carthage dominated the Mediterranean." "But a fearsome rival across the sea ... developing your machine Military deadly force ... and without parallel." "Rome." "These two superpowers logo in conflict ... the jewel of the Mediterranean:" "Sicily." "Carthage had been made for trade ... and Sicily was vital to this trade." "Why?" "Why was exactly in the middle ... the largest trade route the world." "Who controlled Sicily ... controlaria it rotation comercial vital." "The Romans saw the huge wealth Carthage comandava ... and began to pave the way." "the Carthaginians reacted and said ..." ""Wait, here we come first." "Please get your tanks of our lawn. "" "But as far as Rome Carthage used to Sicily." "The voltage trigger a number of warfare ... that would rock the Old World." "The Romans saw Carthage like a spear ... pointed the heart of Rome ... and for their own commercial empire." "So obviously felt they needed to eliminate it." "The fights would be known as the Punic Wars ... due to the Latin word for Carthaginian." "The result would change the course the history of the world ..." "Carthage and win one of greatest military geniuses ... of all time." "At the beginning of the third century." "C. .." "the republic of Rome was Call to southern Italy ... to help a Greek city against pirates." "Shortly thereafter, two Sicilian cities that entered." "One, Messina initially asked for help from Carthage ... but then decided ask Rome ... that was closer and was more friendly" "Syracuse struggled with Messina and Rome." "Once he gave up." "Surrendered to Rome ... that within a few decades ... dominated the southern Italy and Sicily." "This angered Carthage ... and thus began the First Punic War." "The result of this war not only decide ... who dominate Sicily but who dominate ... throughout the southern sea Mediterranean." "264 a." "C..." "Rome and Carthage began the first Punic War." "17 years later, the two still measured forces ... exhausted in a blood orgy." "This situation just turned ... when a fierce and charismatic military leader, Amilcar Barca ... assumed command the Carthaginian army." "Amilcar was the first major General of the Carthaginian Empire." "He was a man of charisma ... a man who knew perform their work ... and help their men in danger." "Between 247 and 242 a." "C. .." "they impetuous military estrategista, Amilcar Barca ..." "Varro in Sicily." "Was dynamic, powerful and absolutely cruel." "But what gave him more confidence ... was that had a new warship ... called quinquerreme." ""Quinque" means five ... five sets of oars." "The quinquerreme not developed by the Carthaginians ... but the Greeks, but what did the Carthaginians ... was turn it in a big gun." "At that time the Punic Wars ... they were the best in shipbuilding and engineering." "The quinquerreme had five benches of oars." "There are controversies about how it worked ... but believe that there three levels in five men ..." "Two levels above ... each with an oar, and another man down." "Anyway, it was a much larger version of the trireme." "However, even though most ... tactics involved in naval battles were the same." "The major purpose of these ships is to beat the enemy vessel." "for this they were designed." "Equipped with the spur coated brass ... were also very Fast and maneuverable." "They were very, very fast." "try to reach a ship Carthaginian ... was like trying to hit Cassius Marcellus at its peak in boxing." "A pattern had quinquerreme 40m long ... between 3 and 4m wide and housed up to 420 sailors." "Full and equipped ... one weighed quinquerreme More than 100 tons ... and in the open sea, turned one killing machine." "These things came toward ... a speed considered impossible." "And, "bang", the hull your ship shakes ... shakes your boat." "And you begin to sink." "Compared to the trireme the model was much better ... to approach the enemy ship and have a fight at sea." "the Carthaginians do not play with it." "They went ahead to hammer you once and you sank." "And they departed for hit the next." "Mortal was." "The ingenuity the Carthaginians ..." "The ingenuity the Carthaginians ..." "They decided to take pre-molded parts ... and join them in a the assembly line." "Then, to the enemy, so that quinquerreme one was sunk ... one arose on the horizon." "And that was a big disadvantage for the Roman navy ... until they found one quinquerreme damaged ." "and found the project." "They dismounted, discovered how was mounted ... the reassembled and made one for them." "they found one quinquerreme stranded ... and made dozens copies of it." "In fact, copies were not very well done ... were made of green wood and after a season ... fell to pieces." "But no matter ... was all the time that the Romans needed to turn the situation around." "The Roman and Carthaginian fleet now thought to be equal ... the equivalent of weapons of mass destruction ... to decide the sovereignty Mediterranean." "241 BC, the two squadrons met ... the islands Egadi, the coast of Sicily ... one of the biggest naval battles in history." "In hostilities First Punic War ... the battle of the Egadi islands, the coast of Sicily, was decisive." "In the battle between two fleets brilliantly controlled ..." "Carthage had the advantage the number." "But their machines deadly ... achavam up crowded cereal for the army Amílcar ... acampado perto wings, na Sicília." "Many boats sank, were lost or were captured." "People did not expect for what." "The Carthaginians tried to follow in front, but could not ... por causa do peso extra." "Isso deu a vitória aos romanos." "It was a strategic disaster." "In the end, the Romans did nearly 30,000 prisoners." "Unable to replace many troops ..." "Amilcar was forced to surrender ... retreating to Carthage." "Thus, the pendulum of power in the Mediterranean ... leaned dangerously to Rome." "This victory, Rome gained Sicily not ... as the domain of Corsica Sardinia ... and between the islands Sicily and Africa." "To break the spine of Carthage ..." "Rome demanded payment a fine astronomical." "But Carthage did not give up and turned to Spain ... the FIM to achieve new wealth." "The Carthaginians sent Amilcar Barca for Spain." "So your goal in 237 ... was to win the most Can Spain." "Amilcar took 9 years of arduous battles ... to conquer the tribes native Spanish." "In the end, the lands South of the River Ebro ... became part the Carthaginian Empire." "But for this achievement, Amilcar paid with his life." "In 228." "C. .." "he fell in battle against rebel tribe." "The death of Hamilcar in Spain was a blow to Carthage ... but that did not mean its end." "In fact, paved the way for the initiative completely new." "Legend has it that the SON nine years Amílcar ... begged to see the parent command Carthage with Spain." "And the father agreed with a condition ... that the promised son eternal hatred to Rome ... and compromise to destroy it." "And so it was that his son, Hannibal called ... the instrument became revenge of his father." "And this was the first step of a pathway ..." "Hannibal would transform ... the enemy more devastating the republic of Rome face." "211 BC, a spectrum prowled the republic of Rome." "Outside its walls, with the army ready to attack ..." "It is thought the man Romans feared and hated ... above all:" "Hannibal the great Carthaginian general." "Brilliant, ruthless and sophisticated ... was the worst nightmare of Rome." "As that magic ..." "Hannibal had penetrated the defenses of Rome." "But the magic was just the strategic genius of Hannibal ... and used as the mode body of engineers ... one of the best in the world." "I have no doubt that Hannibal ... was not a major generals of history." "I think he was "The" greatest general in history." "The genius of Hannibal was born in religious zeal to destroy Rome ... transmitted to him by his father." "In 221 BC, he received tools for task ... and at age 26, took command of the Carthaginian army." "Hannibal was even son of Hamilcar." "It was an astute politician ... one brilliant strategist, a military man ... but its true talent was wondering ... when using all news ... engineers Carthaginians projected." "commander courage steel ..." "Aníbal launch one of the most campaigns incredible attack ... the world has ever seen." "Rome had control Mediterranean ... ie could not Aníbal reach the enemy by sea." "Determined to fulfill his promise to his father ... to destroy Rome, Hannibal left for the impossible." "March by land, through the Alps ... to the heart Roman Empire." "Hannibal knew that was fewer in number." "Knew that he would have um ... small army compared to the Romans, but he created a strategy ... who believed that would give him the victory." "He needed to take his army to Italy ... to attack the Romans in its own territory." "Hannibal departed in 218." "C. .." "Had an army of 90,000 men, 12,000 horses ... and 37 elephants, bought of southern neighbors." "Elephants were used in battles centuries before that." "They could be decisive in a battle ... because the cavalry of the enemy not could resist the elephants." "So Hannibal thought it was worth ... take these elephants to Italy." "In October, they had traveled more than 1,000 km ... when faced with the first major hurdle ... the turbulent river Rhone France." "Even being the driest the year, with lower water ... the Rhone still had about 100, 150, 200m wide." "That intimidated all field engineers of Hannibal." "On the other hand, a large number of Gauls ... waiting to fight." "But the wall of water was a deadly obstacle ... it should be first crossed." "The engineers of Hannibal would have to tame Mother Nature." "Not only engineering works were challenging ... but there were also groups of hostile tribes and rebels ... waiting across the river." "The solution would be one of most spectacular ... engineering feats." "A series of rafts gigantic ... leading the animals and supplies ... from one bank to another in record time." "These rafts were about 60m in length ... e 15m largura." "This means that they could not just use a tree trunk." "needed to join many trees ... and also give a way to tie them." "For this, they needed to know we had more than a scout." "Quickly and efficiently, the soldiers of Hannibal ... swept huge conifers the adjacent forest ... and bound trunks with strong ropes." "The engineers had also consider ... the psyche of elephants." "Thus, covered trunks ... a layer of battens and other well-tamped earth ... for elephants think they were on land." "When everything was ready ..." "Hannibal gave the signal to release the rafts." "The Gauls waiting were astonished ... when viram or general Cartagines ... leading the army, cavalry and elephants ... through the water turbulent Rhône." "When he arrived the opposite bank ... the Gauls, panic-stricken, fled without attempting to attack." "The whole operation had taken little over nine days." "I think the crossing the Rhone ... in a very short space of time, with rudimentary tools ... is one of the greatest achievements military history." "And people seem to forget ... small miracles engineering ... who made this possible." "Hannibal and his army continued towards the foot of the Alps." "Winter came and the soldiers felt hunger and exhaustion." "À as subiam ... encountered another obstacle that seemed insurmountable ... steep rocks." "But engineers had an idea ... would allow the army not only overcome them ... how to cross them." "The strategy for cross the Alps ... certainly shocked people of Italy." "Nobody expected an army with elephants passed by." "And although the Alps ... seemed insurmountable at some points ... the idea of ?" "breaking the mountains ... to make a path for their pachyderms cross ... was a brilliant idea." "as Hannibal led his men ... not to mention the elephants, over, around, ... or through these huge rocks?" "According to historian Roman Livy ... he and his engineers made an ingenious plan ..." "I could literally move mountains." "They have made great cracks in the rocks ... then took wood from the forest ... surrounded with rocks wood and, with the wind ... burned wood." "The rocks warmed ... and when they were very hot ... threw boiling vinegar fissures ... what broke and melted rock." "Thus, his men could pave the way with tools." "What did Hannibal in the Alps with all that vinegar?" "If this is true, as we think it is ... but as it would have gone through?" "It is a test of intelligence this brilliant general." "And tell you what, after through the snow of the Alps ... vision Plains Northern Italy ... should have been much celebrated." "In August 216 BC, near Canas, in southern Italy ..." "Hannibal again faced Roman troops ... led by Terentius Varro, in a decisive conflict ... that would seal the fate the two empires." "Birth of dawn ..." "Hannibal gathered an army 50 thousand ... reinforced by mercenaries hired ... against 90 thousand Varro soldiers." "Varro decided crush the enemy ... attacking the center the army of Hannibal." "That was his big mistake." "Guessing strategy of Varro ..." "Hannibal ordered the cavalry encircle the Roman ranks ... the rear." "Hannibal had learned a lot ... studying psychology of their enemies." "With that, he could attract them to the army ... and his forces could surround them." "Fully fenced ... the Romans were defeated there." "Only 3,500 Roman escaped." "10,000 were taken prisoner and 70,000 perished in the battle." "The Battle of Cannae was the only ... and greatest defeat ever suffered by the Roman army ... throughout its history." "And of course, we need resort to War ... finding a scale deaths so great." "Canas was a masterpiece military strategy" "Hannibal but was unable to take advantage of their victories." "continued fighting for 13 years ... mounting site after site against Rome and surrounding cities ... but the final victory not arrived." "Hannibal got beat them on the field ... but had no weapons to take the Roman capital." "In 204 BC, Rome tried another offensive ... and launched an attack against Carthage." "Hannibal had to return the homeland to defend it." "In 204 BC, Scipio Africanus ... who had already won the Carthaginians in Spain ..." "Rome persuaded to let him move behind Hannibal ... and attack Carthage directly." "Hannibal was recalled to his city to defend it." "The two met and talked ... but not imagine what spoke, is lost to history." "In 202 BC, they met again at the Battle of Zama." "And Hannibal was defeated." "He was forced to surrender to an enemy ... who spent his life trying to destroy." "He did not fulfill father's will." "Was exiled from Carthage and years later ... which is close to Turkey Today, he committed suicide." "The defeat of Carthage at the end the Second Punic War ... forced the empire to submit the hated rival." "They were forced to surrender in 202." "C. .." "As always, the Romans imposed ..." "623 00:36:03,596 -- 00:36:05,628 severe terms for the Carthaginians." "For starters, they would have pay compensation ... a tax to the Romans." "And the Carthaginians also lost their territories beyond the seas ... what significava only I would have ... some areas around Carthage." "Another important point treaty ... was that Carthage could not fight in any war ... even if it were to defend themselves, without the permission of Rome." "With Carthage naked military power ... the open field estava to the Roman army start the full achievement Old World." "His first target was exactly Carthage ... that to defend yourself ... now only dispunha fortress safest in the world." "150 a.C., Marco portion Catón ..." "Roman orator and great grandfather famous enemy of Julius Caesar ... paced the Roman senate inattentive to his surroundings." "He had only one concern head:" "Carthage." "Cato knew well ... the strategic position Carthage." "He could see that ... while Carthage was a fortress independent ... was very close Sicily and Italy ... power to interfere trade ... maintain or a military presence." "He wanted to destroy it completely." "In Carthage, a former ally and neighbor Numidia ... began to invade their territory south." "They felt obliged, and rightly so ... to defend its territory, but there was an embargo." "Since the Second Punic War Carthage to Rome he would have promised ... never fight with anyone, for whatever reason ... without the permission of Rome." "Rome sent a commission ... to judge this incident between Numidia and Carthage ... and one of the officers of this commission was Cato." "When Cato saw prosperity that Carthage ... obtained from Second Punic War ... returned to Rome and spoke to the Senate ... that prosperity meant only one thing ..." "Carthage again to attack Rome." "No matter speaking about what ... roads, politics, taxes, he always ended with ..." ""CATO ELDER "... which means "moreover, I say that Carthage must be destroyed. "" "And Carthage, feeling it would be annihilated .... prepared his armies without help from Rome." "Rome sent an army to Carthage." "They said, "leave and evacuate the city. "" "Carthage refused. this gave beginning to the Third Punic War." "But now Rome had a problem." "The greatest strength of seniority at the time ... were the walls of Carthage." "The reduced time strongholds to foundations." "But in 149 a." "C. .." "the walls were the last hope the city." "It was a system of three walls of huge stones." "Covered a great extent ... and they believed that was unbeatable." "This wall was a marvel of civilization ... and the Carthaginians trusted her." "The wall had circumference of 40km ... and a series three defensive walls." "First, a trench ... supported by a wall low and anchored ... occupied by soldiers frontline ... they could rewind in case of attack." "The second wall Stone was ... and dominava the Defense overseas." "Behind him stood a third wall higher and impenetrable ... height of almost 15m wide and 9m." "15 watchtowers espaçavam up at intervals of 200m ... where sentinels stood guard." "Within the wall was part of the Carthaginian army ... including 20 000 men and 300 elephants ... prepared for any type of attack." "this system surrounding Carthage ... made it the most well-fortified Mediterranean city ... perhaps the world." "To face the Romans, the test would be decisive ... and in command, was the great Carthaginian general Hasdrubal." "The Carthaginian commander who led the Carthaginians ... during the Third Punic War was Hasdrubal." "He was responsible for retaliation against numídios." "And he was the leader Resistance page." "As the Romans if aproximavam ... the Carthaginians came together to forming new defensive front." "Women gave their hair, they cut them ... to make ropes for firing catapults." "They emptied the prisons, the elderly were volunteers." "People who do not molded metals for 20 years said ..." ""I'll try again." And they rearmaram." "There was an explosion will and determination ... that we need to turn the Germans in Stalingrad ... to see something." "In two months frantic work ... they produced 6000 shields, 18 000 swords, spears 30 000 ... 120 ships and 60,000 missiles catapult." "Despite this arsenal ..." "Rome sent overwhelming force." "The city found itself alone to face destruction." "There was one place without Romans and Roman allies." "No colony in position to stand up against Roma ..." "Carthage was alone." "The people took shelter behind major fortifications ... hoping against all predictions ... that the wall repelled the impending Roman invasion." "Carthage defended himself against Roman attack for three years." "And even in recent days ... after the Romans invade the wall ... they took seven days to get into the fortress ... and invade the city in weight." "The Roman site exhausted the vital forces of the city." "Finally, although the immense walls were never breached ..." "Romans succeeded climb it on the side of the sea." "Intramuros, there was a struggle death in every street." "Remaining few soldiers Carthaginians ... but were so fierce ... the Roman commander Scipio Emiliano ... preferred to raze the city burning it." "Thousands of Carthaginians were burned alive at the stake." "There was a firestorm." "Must have been a hell for residents ... for people fleeing." "Between the site and the remains, Carthage was decimated." "The population fell from 500 to 50,000." "The survivors were sold as slaves ... and never returned to their homeland." "In just 17 ?" "days, 146 to year." "C. .." "Carthage was completely destroyed by fire." "In the same year, Rome razed Corinth, Greece dominated ... and the Mediterranean Sea became their private lake." "Carthage would rise again, but this time reconstructed by Rome ... as this amphitheater Fantastic from El Jem." "In the third century AD." "C. .." "Carthage flourish as a commercial port." "but even undeniably Roman ... the spirit and voices of Dido, Hanno, the browser ..." "Hasdrubal, Hamilcar and Hannibal echoed by Roman walls ... begging to remember ... the incredible achievements of their civilization." "And if you pay attention, even can hear these voices ... whispering through the ruins Carthage." "For the History Channel, i'm Peter Weller."