Rome and Carthage were initially allies against the Greeks in the Western Mediterranean. As they expanded their spheres of interest they met and clashed. Both were set on a coure of expansion, and as neither was prepared to reduce their ambitions, conflict was inevitable.
Yes, the whole place was buried and many communities surrounding it as well.
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