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Destruction of Carthage

Type Event Region Africa Time -146

In 146 BCE, at the end of the Third Punic War, Rome captured Carthage; Scipio Aemilianus ordered the systematic destruction of the city and the execu…

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  1. -146Carthage · TunisiaAfter a three-year siege, Scipio Aemilianus led Roman legions into Carthage's urban area; Carthaginian defenders and citizens resisted in house-to-house fighting but gradually lost ground, and the city's defense system completely collapsed.
  2. -146Carthage · TunisiaRoman forces burned and demolished Carthage's buildings, survivors were sold into slavery, and the city was razed to the ground. Carthage disappeared as a political entity; Rome established the province of Africa there, completely eliminating Punic maritime competition.

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