Carthage ( or ') was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, and is currently an archaeological site near Tunis, Tunisia.

Carthage or Carthago may also refer to:

  • Ancient Carthage

Places

United States

  • Carthage, Arkansas
  • Carthage, California, former name of Cartago, California
  • Carthage, Illinois
  • Carthage, Indiana
  • Carthage, Maine
  • Carthage, Mississippi
  • Carthage, Missouri; the most populous Carthage in the United States
  • Carthage, New York; the oldest United States place with this name, though it did not receive this name until after other American Carthages were settled
  • Carthage, North Carolina
  • Carthage, Ohio (disambiguation); multiple places, all of which are no longer an independent municipality named Carthage
  • Carthage, South Dakota
  • Carthage, Tennessee, the first place in the United States with this name, but not the first one settled
  • Carthage, Texas
  • Carthage Lake, Illinois
  • South Carthage, Tennessee
  • West Carthage, New York
  • Carthage Landing (New Carthage); a historical place

Elsewhere

  • Carthage (episcopal see), the city restored to importance by Julius Caesar and Augustus
  • Carthage, Ontario, Canada
  • Carthago, Sudan
  • Tunis–Carthage International Airport, in Tunis, Tunisia

People

  • Five Martyrs of Carthage, Felix of Thibiuca, Audactus, Fortunatus, Januarius, and Septimus, all martyred during the Great Persecution under the Roman emperor Diocletian
  • Saint Carthage the Elder, also known as Carthach
  • Saint Carthage the Younger, also known as Carthage of Lismore or Mochuda ("My Carthage")

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Carthage, novel by Ross Leckie
  • Carthage, novel by Joyce Carol Oates
  • Carthage, a portion of fictional virtual world in television animation series Code Lyoko

Military

At Carthage in North Africa

  • Battle of Carthage (c. 149 BC) (Punic), Carthaginians vs. Romans
  • Battle of Carthage (238), in civil war among Romans
  • Battle of Carthage (533), a.k.a. Battle of Ad Decimum, Vandals vs. Byzantines
  • Battle of Carthage (698), Byzantines vs. Arabs

Other engagements

  • Battle of Carthage (1861), in American Civil War
  • Operation Carthage (1945), air raid on Copenhagen

Other uses

  • Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin
  • Carthage Jail, in Illinois where Joseph Smith, Jr. was murdered
  • Councils of Carthage, theological events in between 251 and 525 CE

See also

  • Cartagena (disambiguation)
  • Cartago (disambiguation)