While Hannibal’s military campaigns dominate our understanding of Carthage, the city’s true power lay in its industrial might and global trade networks. In this episode, we explore how Qart Hadasht became the Mediterranean’s manufacturing hub, producing everything from Tyrian purple dye to mass-produced pottery that flooded Roman markets. We examine the role of the Cothon naval dockyards not just as military bases but as centers of logistical innovation, and look at how Mago the Agriculturalist’s writings influenced Roman farming long after the city’s destruction. Discover how Carthaginian merchants used a sophisticated system of credit and standardized weights to build an economic empire that rivaled Rome itself, and why Scipio Aemilianus specifically targeted these industries during the Third Punic War.
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