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Carthago: Names
 
 

Common: Carthage
Modern: Carthage, Tunisia
Ancient (arranged by language):  Latin names for Carthago
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Cartago An alternate spelling for the common latinized version of the name, Carthago. Common on inscriptions.   Grammar Information Available for CartagoAncient Source Information Available for Cartago

Carthago This is the latinized form of the original Phoenician name.   Grammar Information Available for CarthagoAncient Source Information Available for Carthago

Col. Iulia Aurelia Antoniniana Karthago Under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, Carthage was officially called Colonia Iulia Aurelia Antoniniana Karthago.    Ancient Source Information Available for Col. Iulia Aurelia Antoniniana Karthago

Colonia Alexandria Commodiana Togata According to the Scriptores Historiae Augustae, this was the name given to Carthage under Commodus    Ancient Source Information Available for Colonia Alexandria Commodiana Togata

Colonia Iulia Concordia Karthago The official name given to the Roman colony founded at Carthage by Octavian Augustus.   Grammar Information Available for Colonia Iulia Concordia KarthagoAncient Source Information Available for Colonia Iulia Concordia Karthago

Colonia Iunonia This is the name given to the first unsuccessful attempt under C. Sempronius Gracchus to found a Roman colony on the ruins of the Punic city of Carthage, named in honor of Juno, seen as the Roman counterpart to the Carthaginian goddess Tanit.   Grammar Information Available for Colonia Iunonia 

Colonia Iustiniana Karthago Name given to Carthage by Justinian.    Ancient Source Information Available for Colonia Iustiniana Karthago

Felix Karthago Found on coins and in inscriptions from the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius     

Hadrianopolis According to the Sciptores Historiae Augustae, the emperor Hadrian renamed the city Hadrianopolis.    Ancient Source Information Available for Hadrianopolis

Karthago An alternate Latin spelling, favored by Vergil, that retains the "k" at the beginning of the word, over the more common Latin "c".   Grammar Information Available for KarthagoAncient Source Information Available for Karthago

Greek names for Carthago
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Karchêdôn    Grammar Information Available for KarchêdônAncient Source Information Available for Karchêdôn


Other names for Carthago
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Kart Hadasht The original Phoenician name, meaning "New City".     

 
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