Carthage: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Karchedon • Carthago • Kart-hadasht • Colonia Julia Carthago

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Map highlighting the location of Carthage in northern Tunisia, marked with a pink star to indicate its status as a World Heritage Site. The map shows surrounding countries Algeria, Libya, and Italy across the Mediterranean Sea.

Ancient stone ruins of the Antonine baths with two standing columns overlooking Lake Tunis in Carthage, Tunisia, with the water and distant shoreline visible in the background.

Ancient stone ruins with standing walls and fallen columns on the banks of Lake Tunis in Carthage, Tunisia, under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Carthage: mosaic

Carthage: Roman villa

Ruins of a Roman villa in Carthage, Tunisia, featuring a courtyard with marble columns, a central garden area, and surrounding stone walls under a partly covered walkway.

Ancient stone columns and carved capitals stand among the ruins of the baths at Carthage, Tunisia, with weathered walls and arches in the background.

Carthage: ancient cisterns

The rise and fall of the Carthaginian empire

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Major Events

Historical map of the western Mediterranean region during the Punic Wars, showing Carthaginian territory in orange and Roman territory in green around 270 BCE. Hannibal's route from Spain, across the Alps, and into Italy between 219 and 202 BCE is marked with a red line. Key battle sites with years are labeled throughout Spain, Italy, Sicily, and North Africa.

Punic Wars

Battle of Zama

Battle of Zama

Three-panel map showing troop movements and positions during the Battle of Cannae on August 2, 216 BCE in the Second Punic War. Roman forces are marked in blue and Carthaginian forces in red, with infantry, cavalry, and skirmishers distinguished by different symbols. The panels illustrate the Roman advance, the Carthaginian encirclement strategy led by Hannibal, and the eventual encirclement and defeat of the Roman army near the river Aufidus. Key locations such as Cannae, Hannibal's camp, and c

Battle of Cannae

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Battle of Trasimene

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Battle of the Trebbia River

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Second Punic War

The keys of Carthage

Battle of Carthage

The western Mediterranean during the Punic Wars

Siege of Syracuse

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Battle of Ilipa

The keys of Carthage

Third Punic War

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First Punic War

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Battle of Mylae

Roman Forum

ancient Rome

ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia

Tunis, Tunisia

Tunis

national capital, Tunisia

Tunisia

country, Africa

Key People

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Terence

Roman dramatist

Illustration of Hannibal the Carthaginian general wearing a metal helmet and armor, holding a shield decorated with a horse.

Hannibal

Carthaginian general [247-c.181 BCE]

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Scipio Africanus the Younger

Roman general

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Gaius Gracchus

Roman tribune

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Tertullian

Christian theologian

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St. Cyprian

Christian theologian and bishop [died 258]

St. Caesarius of Terracina

St. Caesarius of Terracina

Christian deacon and martyr

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Hamilcar Barca

Carthaginian general

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Perpetua

Christian martyr

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Dionysius I

ruler of Syracuse

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Maharbal

Carthaginian military commander

Lavigerie, detail of a painting by Léon Bonnat, 1888; in the Palais du Luxembourg, Paris

Charles Lavigerie

Roman Catholic archbishop

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Hasdrubal

Carthaginian general [died 207 BCE]

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Hasdrubal

Carthaginian general [died circa 202 BCE]

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Constantine the African

medieval medical scholar

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Mago

Carthaginian general

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Hanno

Carthaginian explorer

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Hanno

Carthaginian ruler

Hasdrubal

Hasdrubal

Carthaginian general [died 221 BCE]

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Himilco

Carthaginian general

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali, Salalah, Oman.

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