The Romans burned Carthage in the year 146 BC (or BCE) at the conclusion of the Third Punic War. After three distinct conflicts in over one hundred years, it was at this time that the Romans finally extinguished not only the capitol of their arch-enemies, the Carthaginians, but also their civilization, which soon ceased to exist distinctly as a result of the complete Roman victory.
The Romans destroyed the city and sold the people into slavery in 146 BCE.
146 BCE.
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Carthage was located on the Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia, Africa. It was destroyed by the Romans but the ruins are still there.
The Romans completely destroyed Carthage, leaving not one stone standing atop another, sold the populace into slavery. They spread salt symbolically on a field to emphasis that Carthage could not rise again.
The Romans destroyed the city and sold the people into slavery in 146 BCE.
The Romans destroyed Carthage in 146 BC.
The Romans persevered over Carthage .
146 BCE.
149-146BC
Romans and Carthage
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.
Punicus was their word for Phoenicians - Carthage was originally a Phoenician colony.
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.
Romans and Carthage
The Romans and the Carthaginians.
Carthage.