Third Punic War
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The Third Punic War was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between Carthage and Rome. The war was fought entirely within Carthaginian territory, in what is now northern Tunisia. When the Seco
A silver double shekel from Carthage's last minting of coins before its destruction
Catapulta by Edward Poynter, 1868; modern depiction of a Roman siege engine during the siege of Carthage
Arrowheads, remains of a dagger and stones for slingshots exhibited at the National Museum of Carthage
A World War II United States Army Air Forces aerial reconnaissance photograph of the remains of the naval base of the city of Carthage. The remains of the mercantile harbour are in the centre and those of the military harbour are bottom right. (North is to the bottom-right)
Punic Wars
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The Punic Wars were a series of wars fought between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire during the period 264 to 146 BC. Three such wars took place, involving a total of forty-three years o
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Detail from the second century BC Ahenobarbus relief showing two Roman foot-soldiers
Roman statuette of a war elephant recovered from Pompei
Territory ceded to Rome by Carthage under the treaty is shown in pink