Place · North Africa
Carthage
Ancient names: Carthago
A Phoenician colony in North Africa, Rome's rival in the western Mediterranean until it was subdued after the Punic Wars.
36.8531°N 10.3231°E · representative coordinate · Pleiades 314921 ↗
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Rome had dominated Italy since the fourth century BCE. In the west only Carthage stood against it; after three Punic Wars it was defeated for good in the second century BCE, and Spain and North Africa came under Roman control. In the east, the Seleucids and Ptolemies also ended up giving way.