Titan Cronus. In ancient Rome, he was identified with Saturn, and the cultural exchange between Rome and Carthage as a result of the Second Punic War may have influenced the development of the festival of Saturnalia. . Attributes of his Romanized form as an African Saturn indicate that Hammon (Amunus in Philo's work) was a fertility god. Legacy There is a survival in modern times in onomastics with some first names in use particularly in Tunisia grafted onto the name of the god. Algerian, Tunisian and many other spoken forms of Arabic refer to " farming" to refer to non-irrigated agriculture. Such usage is attested in Hebrew, a Canaanite language sister to Phoenician, already in the 2nd century CE Mishnah. A street in modern Carthage, located near the Punic Ports, bears the name of Baal Hammon. See also Punic religion References External links On-line parallel Bible: Song of Solomon 8:11 Hebrew Bible places Child sacrifice Carthaginian mythology West Semitic gods Cronus Saturn (mythology) Horned deities Baal Saturnian deities