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Ancient Carthage.  Carthage was a chief Punic city (Phoenician Tyrian colony) of North Africa. It was a major power in the Mediterranean and historic rival of Rome. A Carthaginian named Hannibal invaded Italy in the Second Punic War which led to the the Carthaginian victory at Cannae. Rome was threatened but  defeated Carthage and finally After the Third Punic War destroyed them in 146 BC. In the Roman Empire Carthage became the capital of the Roman province of Africa.

Carthage ( Latin: Carthago or Karthago, Ancient Greek: Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Arabic: قرطاج Qarṭāj‎, Berber: Kartajen, Hebrew: קרתגו‎ kartago, from the Phoenician Qart-ḥada�t קַרְתְּ חַדַשְתְּ meaning New City, implying it was a 'new Tyre'[1]) refers to a series of cities on the Gulf of Tunis, from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC to the current suburb outside Tunis, Tunisia. The first civilization that developed within the city's sphere of influence is referred to as Punic (a form of the word "Phoenician") or Carthaginian. The city of Carthage is located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the centre of Tunis. According to Roman legend it was founded in 814 BC by Phoenician colonists from Tyre under the leadership of Elissa (Queen Dido). It became a large and rich city and thus a major power in the Mediterranean. The resulting rivalry with Syracuse and Rome was accompanied by several wars with respective invasions of each other's homeland. Hannibal's invasion of Italy in the Second Punic War culminated in the Carthaginian victory at Cannae and led to a serious threat to the continuation of Roman rule over Italy; however, Carthage emerged from the conflict at its historical weakest after Hannibal's defeat at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. After the Third Punic War, the city was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. However, the Romans refounded Carthage, which became one of the three most important cities of the Empire and the capital of the short-lived Vandal kingdom. It remained one of the most important Roman cities until the Muslim conquest when it was destroyed a second time in CE 698.  - Wikipedia