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The Punic Wars were a series of conflicts fought between Carthage and Rome between 264 BCE and 146 BCE. The name Punic comes from the word Phoenician ( Phoinix in the Greek, Poenus from Punicus in Latin) as applied to the citizens of Carthage, who were of Phoenician ethnicity.
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The Roman siege of Carthage, in its second year, remains...
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The Roman siege of Carthage, in its second year, remains unsuccessful. 147 BCE Scipio Africanus the Younger takes over command of the siege of Carthage and builds a mole to block its harbour.
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About 140,000 of Carthage’s women and children were evacuated by sea to seek refuge in friendly states. In 147 bce, the Roman senate sent a new commander, Scipio Aemilianus, with orders to take the city by storm. He defeated the Carthaginian field army and built a mole to block the city’s harbor.
6 days ago · Qart Hadasht, ‘the New City’ of Carthage, was built by Phoenician colonists from Tyre on the ridge rising along the coast from La Goulette, the seaport of Tunis, up to the top of Sidi Bou Said around 800 BC. Destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC, the city was rebuilt as the capital of Roman North Africa, and finally abandoned after its capture ...
The siege of Carthage was the main engagement of the Third Punic War fought between Carthage and Rome. It consisted of the nearly-three-year siege of the Carthaginian capital, Carthage (a little north east of Tunis). In 149 BC, a large Roman army landed at Utica in North Africa.
- c. 149-spring 146 BC
- Roman-Numidian victoryDestruction of Carthage
- Carthage (near Tunis)
The Siege of Carthage (149-146 BCE) was the climactic confrontation of the Third Punic War between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian city-state. This protracted and brutal siege culminated in the complete destruction of Carthage and marked the end of the Punic Wars.
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May 29, 2020 · Scipio Africanus the Younger takes over command of the siege of Carthage and builds a mole to block its harbour.
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