infantry in Hannibal’s army
cemeteries
early
outside city
Censorinus, Lucius Marcius, consul (149 BC)
and siege of Carthage
Cerne Island
Chaereas, historian
Chalcedon
Chandragupta, Indian king
Cheiromos, metal caster
child sacrifice during siege
chimpanzees
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Cinyps, Libya, Spartan settlement
Circeii, Latium
Cisalpine Gaul
Celtic mercenaries from
Hannibal in
Rome and
cisterns, and washrooms in Carthage
Clastidium, betrayed to Hannibal
Claudius Nero, Gaius, consul (208)
Claudius Pulcher, Publius, Roman consul
Cleitarchus, account of child sacrifice
Clement of Alexandria clementia
Clitomachus (Hasdrubal), philosopher
Cnidus, Greek colonists from
Coelius Antipater, Roman writer
coins and coinage
Agathocles
bronze; Numidian; Roman; Syracuse
b’rst superscription
at Capua
Carthaginian, for Syracuse
copper-alloy with arsenic
debased
double shekel (Hannibal)
electrum; Sicily
gold, Sicily
Hannibal’s
Libyan mercenaries’ own
Lilybaeum
military (Sicily)
motifs
to pay mercenaries
silver; Barcid Spanish; denarius (Rome); Roman; Sicily; Syracuse; tetradrachms (Pyrrhus); tetradrachms (Sicily)
triple shekel (Barcid Spain)
see also currency; mints
Colaeus, Greek sea captain
Colonia Iulia Concordia Carthago, rebuilt Carthage and Carthage of Aeneid
colonies and colonization
Carthaginian
Greek
Phoenician
relocation of surplus population
Roman
in Sicily
Tyrian
see also Gades; Sardinia; Sicily; Spain
Concordia , temple to (120 BC)
Constantine, Emperor
copper
Cyprus
Mauritania
Sardinia
Core, goddess
introduced to Carthage
Corinth
Roman destruction of (146 BC)
threat to Carthage
Cornelius Nepos, Roman biographer
Corsica
corvus , naval grappling device
Cos, Tyrian factories
Cosa, Italy
Council of Elders
and Hamilcar Barca
and Hannibal
and Hasdrubal
and Mercenaries’ Revolt
reaction to Hamilcar’s pact with Agathocles
recall of Hannibal
relations with Barcids
and siege (149–146)
suspicion of generals
Cremona, Roman colony
Crete
Hannibal on
Crimisius, battle of (340 BC)
Crispinus, Titus Quinctius, consul (208)
Cronium, battle of
Cronus, Greek god
crucifixion, use of
Cuccurredus, Sardinia
culture
acculturation in Sicily
diversification
hybridization
Mediterranean complexity
syncretism in North Africa
see also Greek culture
Cumae
temple of Apollo
Cumae, battle of (474 BC)
Curius Dentatus, Manius
currency
coinage to pay mercenaries
metal ingots and bars
see also coins and coinage
Cybele (Magna Mater, ‘Great Mother’), sacred stone of
Cyclades
Cyprus
links with Carthage
synergy of Heracles and Melqart
Tyrians in
Cyrene, Libya, Greek city of
Daly, Gregory
Damaretê, queen of Syracuse
David, king of Judah (Israel)
Deinomenid family, Syracuse
Delphi, consultation of oracle at
Demerliac, Jean-Gabriel
Demeter, goddess
Demeter Malophoros introduced to Carthage
temple at Messana
Demetrius of Phalerum
Demetrius Poliorcetes, king of Macedonia
Desanges, Jehan
diadochi (senior Macedonian military commanders)
Dido, Queen
in Vergil’s Aeneid
diet
on Carthaginian warships
early settlers in Carthage
later variety
see also food
Diodorus Siculus, historian
account of child sacrifice
on Agathocles
on Alexander
battle of Himera
on beginnings of First Punic War
on cult of Demeter and Core in Carthage
on fall of Magonids
on Hannibal’s campaigns in Sicily
on Hasdrubal in Spain
on punishment of military leaders
on Regulus
on rise of Hamilcar Barca
on Roman imperial policy
on Scipio Nascia
on siege of Acragas
on siege of Motya
The Library of History
on wealth in Sicily
see also Timaeus
Diomedes
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Greek writer in Rome
Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse
divination
Roman use of
see also omens and portents
Dorieus, prince of Sparta
Drepana, Sicilian port
Drusus, Nero
Duilius, Gaius, consul and naval commander
Ebusus, Ibiza
Eckstein, Arthur
Ecnomus, Cape,