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The city of Carthage was founded in the 9th century BC on the coast of Northwest Africa, in what is now Tunisia, as one of a number of Phoenician settlements in the western Mediterranean created to facilitate trade from the city of Tyre on the coast of what is now Lebanon.
29 de may. de 2020 · Carthage was a Phoenician city-state on the coast of North Africa (the site of modern-day Tunis) which, prior the conflict with Rome known as the Punic Wars (264-146 BCE), was the largest, most affluent, and powerful political entity in the Mediterranean.
30 de may. de 2024 · Carthage, great city of antiquity on the north coast of Africa, now a residential suburb of the city of Tunis, Tunisia. According to tradition, Carthage was founded by the Phoenicians of Tyre in 814 BCE; its Phoenician name means ‘new town.’
The ancient city was destroyed in the nearly three year siege of Carthage by the Roman Republic during the Third Punic War in 146 BC. It was re-developed a century later as Roman Carthage, which became the major city of the Roman Empire in the province of Africa.
Cartago influyó en la historia más allá de su existencia como ciudad antigua. Su espíritu está presente en la Tunisia contemporánea, reflejado en su cultura, su arte y la gastronomía, proporcionando un impresionante trasfondo histórico a este vibrante país del norte de África.
19 de oct. de 2023 · Carthage was an ancient Phoenician city located on the northern coast of Africa. Its name means “new city” or “new town.” Before the rise of ancient Rome, Carthage was the most powerful city in the region because of its proximity to trade routes and its impressive harbor on the Mediterranean.
Cartago fue una antigua ciudad del norte de África, capital del Estado púnico, en el actual Túnez (a unos diecisiete kilómetros al noreste de la capital de este país ), fundada por emigrantes fenicios de Tiro a finales del siglo IX a. C., según la datación moderna más aceptada.
