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    A cothon (Greek: κώθων, lit. 'drinking vessel') is an artificial, protected inner harbour such as that in Carthage during the Punic Wars c. 200 BC. Cothons...
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    theatre, and quarried massive pillars... ." The two inner harbors, named cothon in Punic, were located in the southeast; one being commercial, and the other...
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  • Sicilian, Charmutha was one of the most renowned ports of antiquity. Its cothon resembled that of Carthage and consisted of two basins, the first rectangular...
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    including serial production, uncolored glass, the threshing board, and the cothon harbor. Carthaginians were renowned for their commercial prowess, ambitious...
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  • Justin (18:5 10–17) also mentions the time on this island, which he names as Cothon, and says that Dido and her company built a circle of houses there. Eventually...
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    Estuary from Soviet submarines during the Cold War The entrance to the Cothon at Carthage was protected by a chain. The chain at Fort Blockhouse, protecting...
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    began their excursion that fall. Hassan figured as long as he chained the Cothon of Carthage, the city would be safe from any Byzantine reprisals. Presuming...
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    Evolution of Spinal and Epidural Needles : From the Origins to the Current". Cothon.Net. Frölich, MA; Caton, D (July 2001). "Pioneers in epidural needle design"...
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    of the Admiralty Islet. View of the "cothon" of Motya, Sicily. View of the marine cemetery in front of the "cothon" of Madhia. View of the Admiralty Islet...
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    Ancient Carthaginians constructed fortified, artificial harbors called cothons. A natural harbor is a landform where a section of a body of water is protected...
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    left free for agriculture. A cothon, as it usually spelled in English, is a typical feature of Phoenician ports. The cothon at Motya is an artificial lake...
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    harbour was created artificially and corresponds to the mainly Phoenician cothon type. The island and its harbour stood at the junction of sea and land routes...
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  • accompanied Scipio to Africa, and distinguished himself at the capture of the cothon, the military harbour of Carthage. In 145 he carried on operations with...
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    textes de la Collection, ont été découvertes en 1845 à la petite île du port Cothon. Clancy-Smith, Julia Ann (2011). Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe...
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