Which group of people took control of Carthage in 439 AD?
Circus of Carthage to overcome the stresses of their lives. "Altogether, to go to the circus in a time of crisis was not to succumb to luxury but to show a robust, civic patriotism. To love one's city was to love the games. Salvian reports that as the Vandal armies closed in around the governmental capitals of Africa (439 C.E.)- first Cirta (Constantine, Algeria) in Numidia and then Carthage- they were met by "the sound of the people as it roared acclamation's in the circus" A brief description of the Circus of Carthage exists based on the mosaic found in Bardo National Museum
Circus of Carthage Circus of Carthage The Circus of Carthage is a Roman circus in Carthage, in present-day Tunisia. Used for chariot racing, it was modeled on the Circus Maximus in Rome and other circus buildings throughout the Roman Empire. Measuring more than 470 m in length and 30 m in width, it could house up to 45,000 spectators. When exactly the Circus of Carthage was built is unknown, as it was used for several years before its official dedication. The building seems to have been constructing sometime around 238 AD. The people of the city of Carthage joined together in the circus