place
Carthago Nova
New Carthage
also: Carthagine, Carthago Nova, New Carthage
New Carthage (modern Cartagena), chief city of the southeast coast of Spain; Sextus Pompeius operated here with a legion in 44 BC. Distinct from African Carthago.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.4 §2 he was at Carthage with only one legion
This is New Carthage (Carthago Nova, modern Cartagena) in Spain, not the African city; it was a Pompeian stronghold in the Spanish campaigns.