Sophonisba
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Sophonisba was a Carthaginian noblewoman who lived during the Second Punic War, and the daughter of Hasdrubal Gisco. She held influence over the Numidian political landscape, convincing king Syphax to
Sophonisba by Simone Cantarini (c. 1638)
The Death of Sophonisba, by Giambattista Pittoni (c. 1718)
The Death of Sophonisba, by Mattia Preti (c. 1670)
Sophonisba, Jan Brouwer (1652 - 1688)
Cabiria
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Cabiria is a 1914 Italian epic silent film, directed by Giovanni Pastrone and shot in Turin. The film is set in ancient Sicily, Carthage, and Cirta during the period of the Second Punic War. It follow
Sophonisba
…Federici (1805), Luigi Petrali (1844), and Dimitrie Cuclin (1945). Sophonisba also appears in film, first in Giovanni Pastrone's 1914 silent film Cabiria and again in Carmine Gallone's 1937 epic movie Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal. Lastly, she appears as an estranged lover of the East Numidian…
1914 poster, designed by Leopoldo Metlicovitz
The Temple of Moloch episode, as seen on a poster
Moloch statue from Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria (1914), National Museum of Cinema (Turin)
Cabiria poster portraying the human pyramid scene