Carthage's empire was largely informal and multifaceted, consisting of varying levels of control exercised in equally variable ways. It established new colonies, repopulated and reinforced older ones, formed defensive pacts with other Phoenician …

Jan 18, 2025 · Carthage, great city of antiquity on the north coast of Africa, now a residential suburb of the city of Tunis, Tunisia. Built on a promontory on the Tunisian coast, it was placed to influence and control ships passing between Sicily and the North African coast as they traversed the Mediterranean Sea.

It was the centre of the Roman province of Africa, which was a major "breadbasket" of the empire. Carthage briefly became the capital of a usurper, Domitius Alexander, in 308–311 AD. Carthage also became a centre of early Christianity.

May 29, 2020 · Carthage was a Phoenician city-state on the coast of North Africa (the site of modern-day Tunis) which, prior the conflict with Rome known as the Punic Wars (264-146 BCE), was the largest, most affluent, and powerful political entity in the Mediterranean.

Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. It became the capital city of the civilization of Ancient Carthage and later Roman Carthage.

The Carthaginian Empire was an informal empire of Phoenician city-states throughout North Africa and modern Spain from 575 B.C.E. until 146 B.C.E. It was more or less under the control of the city-state of Carthage after the fall of Tyre to Babylonian forces.

Jan 31, 2024 · Based on what today is Northern Tunisia, the Carthaginians not only posed a direct threat to Roman expansion but nearly destroyed the upstart empire before it ever began. If Carthage was successful in its aims not only would it have destroyed Rome, but it would have changed world history forever.

Ancient Carthage was the empire born of the Phoenician city-state Carthage. Carthage practiced highly advanced and productive agriculture and manufacturing. Carthage traded in almost every commodity wanted by the ancient world, including spices from Arabia, Africa, and India. It also participated in the slave trade.

Jan 17, 2023 · Following its legendary and oft-described mythical birth, Carthage rose to become the most politically and economically advanced empire in the Mediterranean region for many centuries in the BC era. At its peak, the empire’s sphere of influence stretched from the coast of northwest Africa to the Iberian Peninsula.

Carthage was a Phoenician city-state on the coast of North Africa (the site of modern-day Tunis) which, prior the conflict with Rome known as the Punic Wars (264-146 BCE), was the largest, most affluent, and powerful political entity in the Mediterranean.