Most historians cite the year 814 BC BCE as the founding of the city state of Carthage. Historians generally post Carthage's foundation from Phoenicians from Tyre in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Carthage's location was close the modern country of Tunis. The Phoenicians were a Semitic people and a seafaring people as well. The name "Phoenician" was what they were called by the Greeks. The Romans called them "Poeni" from which the term Punic is derived.
Many modern day historians cite the following ancient historians as the most informative and accurate:1. Tacitus; 2. Herodotus; 3. Polybius; and 4. Thucydides.
Many historians cite the conquer of Britain as the most important accomplishment of the ancient emperor known as Claudius. The process began in AD 43.
Carthage had several advantages at the beginning of its first war with Rome. Very importantly Carthage had a developed navy. This enabled their military to embark to what it deemed strategic places in the Mediterranean Sea. Another advantage Carthage had was control of strategic islands in the Mediterranean, namely Sardinia and Corsica. Carthage had Greek allies in Sicily, the south of the Italian peninsula, and as faraway as Corinth. Carthage had a long standing position in Western Spain as well. For the most part she was in control of shipping and land bases in the western Mediterranean Sea.
Most military historians place the 18th century as the so-called "modern era". In that context, they place the Prussian army under Frederick the Great as the first truly modern European army.
French impressionist Claude Monet was one of the founders of Impressionism. Most art historians cite the years of 1865 and 1866 as the beginnings of Monet's impressionism.
Carthage in North Africa.
Rome was trying to expand from Italy into Sicily, where Carthage was trying to establish control. Another view is that Roman aristocrat generals were trying to advance their own status by entering this dispute between Carthage and a gang of rebellious ex-Roman mercenaries.
Tyre as Homebase and Carthage as a Military base and Colony
they mark the beginning and ending of different periods.
Rome was expanding through Italy and aspired to move into Sicily. Carthage was also attempting to extend its grip on Sicily. This put the hitherto allies on a collision course, extending to a struggle for control of the Western Mediterranean.
The most famous was Hannibal Barca.
The most famous was Hannibal Barca.