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Carthage
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Carthage as in:  the ancient city-state

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    Ere long Marseilles presented herself to view,—Marseilles, white, fervid, full of life and energy,—Marseilles, the younger sister of Tyre and Carthage, the successor to them in the empire of the Mediterranean,—Marseilles, old, yet always young.  (source)
    Carthage = ancient city state on the north African coast that was an important trade center
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    The destruction of Carthage.  (source)
    Carthage = ancient city state destroyed by the Romans, rebuilt, and then destroyed by the Arabs
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    He thought of the slaves deep under the street levels of Carthage before the Romans came and destroyed the city.  (source)
    Carthage = an ancient city state on the north African coast
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    On McCandless's final night in Carthage, he partied hard at the Cabaret with Westerberg's crew.†  (source)
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    On the other hand, there was no human power capable of persuading him not to take along the three boxes when he returned to his native village, and he unleashed a string of Carthaginian curses at the railroad inspectors who tried to ship them as freight until he finally succeeded in keeping them with him in the passenger coach.†  (source)
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    It occurs to me that, just as the Carthaginians hired mercenaries to do their fighting for them, we Americans bring in mercenaries to do our hard and humble work.†  (source)
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    "Carthage, the Gauls—" "And the Greeks."†  (source)
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    In childhood I must have felt with the energy of a man what I now find stamped upon memory in lines as vivid, as deep, and as durable as the exergues of the Carthaginian medals.†  (source)
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    A major sea nearly unknown to the ancients, except perhaps the Carthaginians, those Dutchmen of antiquity who went along the west coasts of Europe and Africa on their commercial junkets!†  (source)
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    At the age of sixteen he went to Carthage to study.†  (source)
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    That Royal port and watering place, if truly mirrored in the minds of the heath-folk, must have combined, in a charming and indescribable manner, a Carthaginian bustle of building with Tarentine luxuriousness and Baian health and beauty.†  (source)
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    And although he was twice routed by the Carthaginians, and ultimately besieged, yet not only was he able to defend his city, but leaving part of his men for its defence, with the others he attacked Africa, and in a short time raised the siege of Syracuse.†  (source)
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    A time when Rome battled the city of Carthage, and over the course of many wars was victorious.†  (source)
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    Postcard received by Wayne Westerberg in Carthage, South Dakota  (source)
    Carthage = the name of a modern city
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    "New Carthage, you mean?" she'd replied.  (source)
    Carthage = the name of a more modern city
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    Now they're calling for that whisky-dealing tyrant from Carthage City to come up here and take over.  (source)
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    McCandless quickly became enamored of Carthage.  (source)
    Carthage = the name of a modern city
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    The downfall of the mall basically bankrupted Carthage.  (source)
    Carthage = the name of a more modern city
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    You really are from Fort Carthage, aren't you.  (source)
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    Westerberg, in his mid-thirties, was brought to Carthage as a young boy by adoptive parents.  (source)
    Carthage = the name of a modern city
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    Amy was thirty-seven when we moved to Carthage.  (source)
    Carthage = the name of a more modern city
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    Down here's Fort Carthage, it's got a square, cause it's a town.  (source)
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    The attachment McCandless felt for Carthage remained powerful, however.  (source)
    Carthage = the name of a modern city
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    Amy was conceding Carthage, finally forgiving me for moving back here.  (source)
    Carthage = the name of a more modern city
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    In fact Lolla-Wossiky never saw such a man in Carthage City.  (source)
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    I have been working up here in Carthage South Dakota for nearly two weeks now.  (source)
    Carthage = the name of a modern city
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