Carthage

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814 BC – 146 BC · up to 454 thousand km² · Europe

Capital: Carthage

Ancient Carthage was an ancient civilization based in North Africa. It grew from a small settlement in present-day Tunisia into the Carthaginian Empire, a major power that dominated the western half of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Predecessors: Phoenician Empire

Successors: Africa, Sicilia, Hispania, Mauretania

Events on its territory

• c. 500 BC Voyage of Hanno the Navigator
• 216 BC Battle of Cannae
• 202 BC Battle of Zama
• 149 BC–146 BC Third Punic War