Sentence examples for attack on Carthage from inspiring English sources

The attack on Carthage was never attempted.

Hannibal, who had travelled from Spain with some fifty thousand men, fifteen thousand horses and mules, and, famously, the elephants, was attempting to deter an attack on Carthage by Rome.

When the Roman fleet reached Africa, a council was held aboard Belisarius' flagship (The Vandalic War, I.15), where many of his officers advocated an immediate attack on Carthage itself, especially since it was the only fortified city in the Vandal realm, the walls of the other cities having been torn down to prevent a rebellion.

In 205 Scipio, who had returned to Rome to hold the consulship, proposed to follow up his victories by an attack on the home territory of Carthage.

Cato constantly repeated his admonition "Carthage must be destroyed" ("Delenda est Carthago"), and he lived to see war declared on Carthage in 149.

It was Scipio Aemilianus (b. 185/184) who in the previous decade had imposed a similar final solution on Carthage in the Third Punic War (149 146).

The Vandal king now determined to advance on Carthage.

Located on the Côtes de Carthage, the site of the ancient city from which Hannibal launched his attack on Rome, this area of Tunisia is famous for its light, natural beauty as well as for its proximity to many local historical points of interest.

Authorities blamed the attack on Taliban insurgents.

Same with the attack on us.

Deadly attack on Somali courthouse.