Carthage's Women Cut Off Their Hair for Bowstrings
Roman Republic

Carthage's Women Cut Off Their Hair for Bowstrings

The Third Punic War didn't end because Rome was stronger. It ended because one woman refused to let her city surrender quietly.

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Roman RepublicNorth AfricaAncient MediterraneanWarfareWomen in HistoryCarthageSieges2nd Century BC

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