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Card #c1195IR // #c1195Synthesis

"Founded as a modern Mediterranean city, Lilybaeum grew easily and quickly into a thriving port with up-to-date facilities and easy access to Carthage south across the sea." "By far the longest-lasting imprint of the Carthaginians in the Iberian Peninsula took place under the command of Hasdrubal when he founded a new city on the southeastern coast."

— In our words · Source: Carthage: A New History (Eve MacDonald)

[Use when]

Restoring a damaged site would cost more than building a better one nearby.

[Why it matters]

After Motya fell, Carthage built Lilybaeum on the Sicilian mainland nearby, and trade left the old island town. In Iberia, Hasdrubal founded New Carthage on the coast. New Carthage took the mother city's own name, Qart Hadasht, which means New City.

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