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Also Known As Third Carthaginian War
Date 149 BCE - 146
Participants Carthage • ancient Rome

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Engraved shield illustration showing Scipio Africanus the Younger receiving the keys to Carthage from a group of figures, with Roman soldiers and city buildings in the background.
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Scipio Africanus the Younger
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