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Carthage

Phoenician colony on the Gulf of Tunis founded by settlers from Tyre, grew into the dominant maritime power of the western Mediterranean before three wars with Rome ended in its systematic destruction.

Dated events and their evidence

• 814 BCE mainstream
  traditional founding by Phoenician settlers from Tyre (legendary Queen Dido) source
• 146 BCE mainstream
  destroyed by Rome after the Third Punic War source

Where

36.8528° N, 10.3233° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage
• https://www.worldhistory.org/carthage/

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