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Carthage: History, Former Names & Timeline

A Phoenician trading empire that fought Rome three times. Razed in 146 BC, it was later rebuilt by the Romans as the capital of Africa province.

Map showing Carthage in 100 BCCarthage
Border map for 100 BC. See Europe in 100 BC.

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Former names of Carthage

FromNameNote
814 BCQart-ḥadashtfounded by Phoenicians (traditional date)
29 BCColonia Iulia Carthagorebuilt by Rome
AD 698Carthage (abandoned)abandoned; Tunis rises nearby

Timeline of Carthage

YearEvent
814 BCLegendary founding by Dido, princess of Tyre
264 BCThe First Punic War begins
146 BCThe Third Punic War ends; Rome destroys Carthage
29 BCRefounded as a Roman colony under Octavian
AD 439Vandal king Gaiseric makes it his capital
AD 698Arab armies take Carthage

Who ruled Carthage

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–201 BCCarthaginian Empire
200 BC–101 BCCarthage
100 BC–2 BCRoman Republic
1 BC–299Roman Empire
300–399Rome (Maximian)
400–499Western Roman Empire
500–599Vandals
600–699Eastern Roman Empire
700–799Umayyad Caliphate
800–999Aghlabid Emirate
1000–1299Fatimid Caliphate
1300–1599Hafsid Caliphate
1600–1782Ottoman Empire
1783–1879Tunis
1880–1899Ottoman Empire
1900–todayTunisia

Battles and sites near Carthage

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