The ancient city of Carthage, in modern-day Tunisia, was the chief rival of the Roman empire. Well, it was until Roman soldiers burned it to the ground, enslaved its people, and claimed all of its ...
Modern Carthage is a residential suburb (population 26,000) of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. But in its heyday, the seaside town was the seat of the Carthaginians, whose North African empire gave ...
From 650 B.C. to 146 B.C., Carthage was the most powerful trading and commercial city in the Mediterranean. Its sophisticated 200-dock harbor and wealthy population supported a sprawling metropolis of ...