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After Rome won the Third War what did they do to the ground where Carthage was located?
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∙ 11y ago
Having sold the surviving Carthaginians into slavery and levelled the city, they symbolicaly sowed a field with salt to say that the land should remain barren.
This idea changed 20 years later when they found it expediant to settle retired soldiers in a colony on the site.
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Where were Carthage and Rome located?
Carthage in today's Tunisia, Rome in Italy !!
What did Rome decide to do with Carthage?
Rome decided to destroy Carthage. She fought the Third Punic War for this purpose.
What is the city that rome fought in the Punic Wars?
Rome and Carthage.
What city in North Africa was burned in the third Punic War?
Rome and Carthage.
What were the events of the punic war?
First Punic War - Rome defeated Carthage. Second Punic War - Rome defeated Carthage. Third Punic War - Rome defeated Carthage.
What Punic war was a defeat for Carthage?
Carthage was decisively defeated by Rome in the Third Punic War .
Where was the punic war fought?
The first Punic War was fought between Carthage, and Rome, the second was fought in Rome, and the third was fought in Carthage.
Who was involved in the third Punic war?
Rome and its allies and Carthage.
Rome defeated then destroyed Carthage in the?
Third Punic War.
Who were major people in the Third Punic War?
Rome and Carthage.
Why would Rome want to capture Carthage?
A powerful Carthage was a threat to Rome's access to the western Mediterranean Sea. Carthage had valuable resources in Spain which Rome wanted access to. Rome also wanted to crush the allies that Carthage had in the Mediterranean Sea area. Her wealth and navy & army could always be a threat to Rome. Thus Rome destroyed Carthage in the Third Punic War.
Who fought in the Third Punic War?
Rome and its allies versus Carthage.
