City of Carthage

Type Object Region North Africa Time c. -814–-146

Carthage was a major Phoenician colonial city-state in North Africa, traditionally founded around 814 BCE.…

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c. -814Gulf of Carthage · TunisiaAccording to tradition, the Tyrian princess Dido (Elissa) established a Phoenician colonial outpost here, using the natural harbor to develop entrepôt trade and making it the core of Phoenician power in the western Mediterranean.
c. -600–-264Carthage · TunisiaCarthage expanded its military and commercial harbors (the circular and rectangular ports), controlling trade in Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, and the North African coast, and maintaining city-state identity through Punic-language culture and Phoenician religion.
c. -264–-146Carthage · TunisiaAfter three Punic Wars with the Roman Republic, Carthage gradually fell behind following Hannibal's expedition to Italy; at the end of the third war, Roman forces captured and systematically destroyed the city, ending its history as an independent city-state.

Encyclopaedia Britannica: Carthage https://www.britannica.com/place/Carthage-ancient-city-Tunisia
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization — Richard Miles (2010)