There was sporadic fighting over Carthage's attempt to control Sicily from 480 BCE, however this was replaced by Rome's move into the island in 264 BCE when the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage began.
The were at odds with individual Greek city-states in the Western Mediterranean 5th to 3rd Centuries BCE.
50 years
The Greeks fought for 10 years in Troy. It took them another 10 years to return home
Carthage was destroyed in 146 BCE during the Third Punic War, while Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BCE. This means that 102 years passed between the destruction of Carthage and Caesar's death.
The Laughter of Carthage has 602 pages.
Again to Carthage has 344 pages.
Pride of Carthage has 592 pages.
Carthage became the leading colony (settlement) among a series of Carthaginian colonies in northwest Africa and southern Spain. He power was based on wealth and naval and military strength. Carthage took the lion share of Phoenician trade in the western basin of the mediterranean. This involved buying goods from the locals in Africa and Spain, especially tin, which was highly valuable because it was needed to make bronze (an alloy of copper and tin), selling them to the Greeks and Phoenicians in the eastern mediterranean. She bought quality manufactures from them. These were sold in Carthage and the other Phoenician settlements. Carthage made cheap manufactures which she sold to the natives of Africa and Spain in exchange for what they bought. Carthage was in Tunisia, which at the time was one of the most fertile lands in the Mediterranean.and she also sold agricultural goods. With the wealth accumulated Carthage built a powerful navy. Many Phoenician settlements became subordinate to her. The Phoenicians and Greeks had much better ships and sailors than anyone else. This enabled Carthage to dominate the western basin of the Mediterranean and develop and defend extensive trading networks in this area. With the wealth, Carthage also built up a mercenary army, with which she took over Sardinia, the western part of Sicily and the Balearic islands. When the Greeks migrated to Italy and eastern Sicily, they challenged Carthaginian supremacy. They also took over much of the trading networks of southern France. Carthage fought several wars with the Greek in Sicily and managed to retain her dominance of western Sicily and continue to be a great power until she was defeated by Rome.
200 years
Carthage can be described in many ways, however, to describe it in three ways will not meet all of the descriptions that can be given. Here are three descriptive pieces of information about Carthage: 1. Carthage was a sea trading nation that gained wealth by this method; 2. Carthage dominated the western Mediterranean Sea for hundreds of years; and 3. Carthage became a victim of ancient Rome through a series of wars that finally led to its total destruction in 146 BC.
The Punic Wars where three wars between Rome and Carthage, all won by Rome. Both were vying for supremacy against each other. Unfortunately for Carthage, Rome won all of the three wars. Maybe the most famous war, the Second Punic War involved Hannibal, a famous Carthage general leading a surprise attack on Rome, led by his war elephants. However, the Roman general, Scipio, led an attack on Carthage and Hannibal had to retreat to save his capital city. In the third Punic War, Rome finally completed the defeat of Carthage and the civilization of Carthagians was destroyed.
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