Cartagena dig backs up historical accounts

Posted On: Nov 2nd, 2015 at 10:02

Spain
More than 2,200 years ago Cartagena was an important city on the south-eastern coast of Spain, populated by Carthaginians who descended from the Phoenicians. The dig is focusing mostly on the period before the Romans took control of the city in 209 BC, evidence of which backs up the historical accounts that the city was turned into a weapons factory once their take-over occurred. Prior to that, however, the city was populated by Carthaginians during the Punic wars, and the dig is focusing mostly on the period before the Romans arrived (227-209 BC).
Already many items have been found, including pottery and later Roman buildings.

http://murciatoday.com/archaeologists-unearth-more-of-the-history-of-cartagena_27437-a.html