early on on July 21 , 365 CE , an 8.5 order of magnitude earthquakeshookthe eastern Mediterranean , activate a muscular tsunami . The Egyptian city of Alexandria was damage , townspeople crumbled on the island of Crete , and the R.C. port metropolis of Neapolis , located on the seacoast of North Africa , was for the most part get down by the waving , harmonise to diachronic phonograph recording . Now , after being hide out under H2O for more than 16 centuries , the remains of Neapolis have been discovered by archaeologist off the seacoast of northeasterly Tunisia . This , according to the AFP , substantiate accounts that the city was a fatal accident of the ancient natural disaster .
These containers suggest that Neapolis was likely a major producer of garum , making the salty condiment an inbuilt part of the city ’s economy . " Probably the guiding light of Neapolis owed their fortune to garum , " expedition head Mounir Fantar told the AFP .
Neapolis ( " unexampled metropolis " in Greek ) was to begin with founded in the fifth one C BCE . While it was an important Mediterranean hub , its name does n’t appear too often in ancient writing . According toThe Independent , it may because the metropolis sided with the ancient city - state ofCarthage — constitute in the 9th century BCE by a seafaring people known as the Phoenicians — in the last of a series of three war , call in thePunic Wars , against Rome .
The Third Punic War stretch out from 149 to 146 BCE , and lead to the burning at the stake of Carthage . ( It waslater rebuiltas a Roman city by Julius Caesar . ) Neapolis may have been punished for its wayward dedication , which may explain why it ’s rarely bring up in historical account .
you’re able to view a video of the metropolis ’s ruination below .
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