204 BCE and 146 BCE.
From the date of the "invasion" of Claudius in 43 AD to the present, it would be 1,967 years ago that the Romans invaded Britain. But this is the official date. The Romans had a presence in Britain long before Claudius.
The Romans destroyed Carthage in 146 BC.
because they wanted to get a powerful reputation! The question asked 'what country' not 'why'. I can't recollect exactly, but it was possibly Carthage, near modern Tunis in North Africa.
The Romans persevered over Carthage .
Macedonia.
146 BCE.
Romans and Carthage
149-146BC
After the fall of Carthage, the Romans gained dominance over the Mediterranean. It was at this time that they could actually be called a super power.
The Romans took over Tunisia and western Libya (Tripolitania), which had been Carthaginian territories, after they destroyed Carthage at the end of the Third Punic War in 146 BC.
That is a fairy story - where would you find all that salt? They symbolically put salt in a plough furrow, and after selling the people into slavery, resettled their retired military veterans there.
Punicus was their word for Phoenicians - Carthage was originally a Phoenician colony.