Colonia Junonia
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Colonia Junonia was an Ancient Roman colony established in 122BC under the direction of Gaius Gracchus.[1] The colony was located at the site of the destroyed city of Carthage, the reason for its widespread unpopularity to Romans. Those superstitious about the site spread reports of ill omens, including a claim that wolves had carried off the boundary stakes.[2] The colony would only last 30 years until Julius Caesar ordered the construction of a city on the site named Colonia Julia Carthago.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Finley Hooper, Roman Realities, 1966. pg 173.
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ Carthage (ancient city), MSN Encarta
