Carthage
Episcopal see · Place of martyrdom · Council site · today Ancient Carthage
Phoenician city-state and empire
Approximate centre: 36.8439, 10.3264
Seat of
Who is recorded here
- Cyprian ministry · AD 248
- Cyprian martyrdom · AD 258
- Augustine of Hippo residence · AD 371
- Maximus the Confessor residence · AD 630
What happened here
- Martyrdom of the Scillitan Martyrs AD 180
- Tertullian writes the Apology AD 197
- Severan persecution AD 202
- Perpetua and Felicitas in the amphitheatre AD 203
- Tertullian goes over to the New Prophecy AD 207
- Tertullian writes to Scapula AD 212
- Cyprian is made bishop of Carthage AD 249
- Cyprian and Stephen quarrel over rebaptism AD 256
- The martyrdom of Cyprian AD 258
- The Donatist schism begins AD 311
- Council of Carthage (397) AD 397
- Caelestius refused ordination at Carthage AD 411
- Council of Carthage (418) AD 418
- Fall of Carthage AD 698
In art
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About the place
Ancient Carthage was an ancient civilization based in North Africa. It grew from a small settlement in present-day Tunisia into the Carthaginian Empire, a major power that dominated the western half of the Mediterranean Sea.
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