Carthage

Car·thage  (kärthj)

An ancient city and state of northern Africa on the Bay of Tunis northeast of modern Tunis. It was founded by the Phoenicians in the ninth century b.c. and became the center of Carthaginian power in the Mediterranean after the sixth century b.c. The city was destroyed by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War (146 b.c.) but was rebuilt by Julius Caesar and later (a.d. 439-533) served as capital of the Vandals before its virtual annihilation by the Arabs (698).

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Cartha·gini·an (kärth-jn-n) adj. & n.

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Carthage - an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697 Phenicia, Phoenicia - an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean Carthaginian - a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage