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The Philaeni
the Philaeni
also: Philaeni brothers
Two Carthaginian brothers who, in the boundary dispute with Cyrene, let themselves be buried alive at the agreed meeting point to win the larger frontier for Carthage; honored with altars on the spot.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §79 Philaeni
Two Carthaginian brothers who let themselves be buried alive at the agreed boundary to gain Carthage the larger frontier; Carthage raised altars to them, marking the eastern limit of its African dominion.