Founding of Carthage
By legend, Dido founds Rome's future great rival
According to legend, Phoenicians from Tyre led by Princess Elissa (Dido) founded Carthage on the North African coast. It grew into the great sea power of the western Mediterranean and Rome's chief rival.
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Around 880 BC, Lapita seafarers landed on Tonga — at nearly the same time the Phoenicians founded Carthage. Two great ages of seafaring, worlds apart.