Carthago Indiarum Obsessa, Sed Non Expugnata

Dennis Toscano
2016
The work Carthago Indiarum obsessa, sed non expugnata ("Cartagena de Indias, Assailed but not Captured") is an eighteenth century anonymous poem that celebrates the Spanish victory over the English at Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1741. This thesis presents a summary of the battle in order to contextualize the significance of the poem. It further presents a literary analysis of the poem's genre, characteristics, and literary importance, as well as a critical edi-tion, a
more » ... araphrase in Latin prose, and a commentary. From analyzing this poem, one can see some ways in which the Latin literary patrimony brought from the ancients pertains to all ages, peoples, and nations.
doi:10.13023/etd.2016.241 fatcat:svskont5tjdvronhxuvfpze3s4