Carthage

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Carthage is an ancient city-state in what is now Tunisia. In the Aeneid, an old story by Vergil, Aeneas visited Carthage. He made the Queen of Carthage, Dido, angry. Carthage and Rome warred three times. These wars were the Punic Wars. In the Second Punic War, Hannibal led the Carthaginian army. Rome destroyed Carthage in 146 BC.

[change] History

Carthage was created by a Phoenician, Dido. It then grew and flourished.

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