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Did Carthage or Rome know about Lake Chad?

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Contemporary accounts show that the land surrounding Carthage was declared ager publicus and that it was shared between local farmers, and Roman and Italian ones. North Africa soon became a vital source of grain for the Romans. read more

Interesting question as they were a seafaring people. The answer would tend to be affirmative a they would be looking for food sources from the interior in the event of a siege. If so, would that region between Lake Chad and today's Tunis would most likely have some date production. read more

Carthage was a useful region, and destroying farmland would be silly for the pragmatic Romans. Eventually Carthage itself was rebuilt as a Roman city. This page may be out of date. read more

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