Carthaginian
/ˌkɑːθəˈdʒɪniən
/adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the ancient African city of Carthage: Carthaginian trading posts...
- However, at no period did Carthaginian wine figure prominently in trade.
- The Romans were not particularly good sailors, and they found themselves outclassed by the Carthaginian navy.
- Ibiza was a Carthaginian colony and the ceramic figures from this period are magnificent.
noun
An inhabitant of the ancient African city of Carthage: a Carthaginian had sailed out of the Mediterranean deep into the Atlantic...
- Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian, has been noted to have felt a form of status anxiety and insecurity when put next to Alexander.
- He then moved to claim Sicily's Greek colonies from the Carthaginians.
- Virgil compares the working Carthaginians to a hive of busy bees.
