Cothon - Wikipedia
A cothon (Greek: κώθων, lit. 'drinking vessel') is an artificial, protected inner harbour such as that in Carthage during the Punic Wars c. 200 BC. Cothons were generally found in the Phoenician world.
The Remains Of The Great Artificial Harbor Of Carthage Are Still ...
Sep 30, 2023 · The Carthaginians protected their navy during the Punic Wars (circa 200 BC) by building the Cothon of Carthage. While the cothon or inner harbor of Carthage was not the only inner harbor of its kind (there was another in Motya in Sicily), it …
Great Harbour of Carthage - IMPERIUM ROMANUM
May 1, 2020 · Famous Carthaginian Great Harbour was an artificial protected water reservoir. In ancient times this type of port was called the Greek cothon (“drinking vessel”). These types of constructions were built especially in lands controlled by Phoenicians, e.g. Sicily or Cyprus.
Carthage Punic Ports - Wikipedia
The Carthage Punic Ports were the old ports of the city of Carthage that were in operation during ancient times. Carthage was first and foremost a thalassocracy , [ 1 ] that is, a power that was referred to as an Empire of the Seas , whose primary force was based on the scale of its trade.
The Great Harbor at Carthage - Mike Anderson
Nov 26, 2014 · A cothon is a man-made harbor found in the ports of ancient Phoenicia. In actuality, cothon refers to a man-made island at the center of a harbor, but because this island was typically included in the harbor design, its name eventually became the …
Carthage: Prosperous Phoenician Colony That Became …
May 21, 2020 · Modern reconstruction of Punic Carthage. The circular harbor at the front is the Cothon, the military port of Carthage, where all of Carthage's warships (Biremes) were anchored. Image credit: damian entwistle - CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cothon | ancient artificial harbor | Britannica
The ancient artificial harbour—the Cothon—is represented today by two lagoons north of the bay of Al-Karm (El-Kram). In the 3rd century bc it had two parts, the outer rectangular part being for merchant shipping, with the interior, circular division reserved for warships; sheds and quays were available for 220…
Carthage ancient ports | Ancient Ports - Ports Antiques
It was called “the Cothon” because of its saucer-like shape, more than because it was a man-made dug-out harbour basin (Carayon, 2017). Both the outer perimeter and the central islet were filled with slipways with shipsheds (Blackman, 2013), before becoming a …
Carthage and its Harbour - World History Encyclopedia
May 14, 2013 · This is a 3D rendition of what Carthage might have looked like at the height of its power. In the foreground you can see the Cothon, the city's famous military harbour.
Cothon at Carthage was an artificial harbour created by excavation. But the inner harbour may have been wholly or partly ex-cavated, although the outer harbour was formed by piers. And Vergil probably had some ground for saying that the first settlers at Carthage excavated harbours. The entrance to the outer harbour at Carthage was near the ...