Phoenician colony that grew into a maritime empire dominating the western Mediterranean until Rome destroyed it.
Destroyed by Rome in 146 BC at the end of the Third Punic War: the city was razed over six days, its 50,000 surviving inhabitants enslaved, and its territory became the Roman province of Africa with Utica as capital.
A narrative history of Carthage and its Mediterranean empire.
A study of Carthaginian society, state, and history.
Primary source — Herodotus provides contemporary accounts of Carthaginian power and the Punic world in the 5th century BC
Carthage in the Mercenary War after the First Punic War.
Narrative of Carthage's century-long contest with Rome for Mediterranean dominance, ending in the city's destruction — era context for Carthage's final phase.