CARTHAGE  by Lorenzo Buonanno The Phoenicians established Carthage around 800 B.C. on the edge of a region in North Africa that is now Tunisia. Starting in the 3rd century B.C. the Roman Empire over the course of 100 years defeated Carthage in the Punic Wars. >> Read the full article...		8/1/2004
		Roman Houses and Their Gardens  by John R. Clarke Thanks to the eruption of Vesuvius on the 24th of August, A.D. 79, we moderns can open a time capsule that shows how the ancient Romans lived in their houses and gardens. Towns like Pompeii (population 8,000) and Herculaneum, buried under tons of volcanic debris--as well as the villas of the rich and famous that dotted the beautiful Bay of Naples--have been yielding up their secrets since excavations began in 1731.  >> Read the full article...		4/1/2004