From September 19th to 28th 2014, at Cartagena, are held the Festival of Carthaginians and Romans to relive a part of the glorious past of this city of Region of Murcia.
Cartagena has a history of three thousand years.
To relive the history of Cartagena, the Festival of Carthaginians and Romans (Carthagineses y Romanos) evoke various official events that happened in the Second Punic War: the causes of conflict between the Carthaginian and Roman powers, the beginning of the conflict and its outcome. Thanks to this dramatic device, the public, relives the destruction of Sagunto, due to the Carthaginian general Hannibal, the session of the Senate of Rome to Carthage where war is declared, landings and parades of Carthaginians troops and Roman legions, the struggles of gladiators and chariot races in the Roman Circus, the output of Hannibal's army to Rome and the great battle that ended with the conquest of Qart Hadasht (former Carthage - Cartagena) at the hands of the general Scipio, who later would be called by the nickname "Africanus". Thousands of members of the festivities belonging to the Carthaginians troops and the Roman legions, are prepared throughout the year, like a true filmmaking is involved, making the audience to make an authentic trip through the tunnel of time to participate in the events that occurred in the third century BC.
lunes, 22 de septiembre de 2014
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Hi you make it sound wonderful
wish I was there.
Irish Molly
So much history there. Excellent composition in the shot.
Un festival al que me gustaría asistir en personal. Buena foto, espero que publiques alguna más del mismo tema.
The last Friday of these festivals, is staged at the football field, a great battle between the Carthaginians and Romans. Worth seeing.
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