Wednesday, February 04, 2026

On the fall of Cartagena to the Romans

PUNIC WATCH: Over at the Mainzer Beobachter Blog, Jona Ladering, who recently visited Cartagena, Spain, has blogged about the fall of the city to the Romans during the Second Punic War.

De val van Cartagena (1)

De val van Cartagena (2)

As before, the posts are in Dutch, but Google Translate can easily give you an English version.

I have posted on the Roman conquest of Cartagena here and here.

For my visit there last year and related, see the posts collected here, plus here.

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