Carthago Nova (modern-day Cartagena) was a city on the southern Iberian Peninsula, Spain, originally known as Mastia. Human habitation of the region predates the Neolithic Period, but the area around the site of Carthago Nova seems to have been sparsely populated until after the Bronze Age when a port city was built on a peninsula jutting into the Mediterranean Sea.
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228 BCECarthago Nova founded by Carthaginian general and politician Hasdrubal the Fair.
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209 BCECarthago Nova taken by Scipio Africanus.
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209 BCEScipio Africanus captures the Carthaginian base and treasury Carthago Nova in southern Spain.
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44 BCEJulius Caesar makes Carthago Nova a colonia.
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27 BCE - 14 CEEmperor Augustus revitalizes Carthago Nova, lavishing funds on the city for streets and building projects.
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298 CEEmperor Diocletian makes Carthago Nova capital of the province of Hispania Carthaginensis.
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409 CEVandals take Carthago Nova.
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425 CEVisigoths take Carthago Nova from the Vandals.
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435 CEVandals sack Carthago Nova.
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550 CEEmperor Justinian makes Carthago Nova capital of Spania.
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c. 714 CECarthago Nova taken during the Muslim Invasion of the 8th century CE.
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1243 CECarthago Nova taken by Fernando III of Castille in the Reconquista of Spain. .
