Third Punic War
Rome razes Carthage and stands without a rival
After a three-year siege, Scipio Aemilianus took and razed Carthage, selling its survivors into slavery. Its land became the Roman province of Africa, leaving Rome the sole great power of the Mediterranean.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Asia
- c. 138 BC–126 BC Zhang Qian's mission to the West — 11 years later
Alive at the time
- Emperor Wu of Han (aged 7)
- Cato the Elder (aged 85)
- Zhang Qian (aged 15)