The Carthaginians - The better Rome? | 4K Documentary

The Carthaginians built the ancient world's most powerful trading empire. As rivals of Rome and masters of the sea, they pioneered naval warfare, industrial shipbuilding, and long-distance exploration along the coasts of Africa and beyond. Their Phoenician ancestors gave humanity its first alphabet — the origin of every Western script in use today. Yet when Rome finally destroyed Carthage in 149 BC, one of history's greatest civilizations was erased almost overnight.

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