CARTHAGE

an ancient city in north Africa. It was the commercial and political rival o f Rome for much of the third and second centuries b.c. The city was destroyed by the Romans in 146 b.c. at the end of the Third Punic War. See also Punic Wars and Rome in this glossary. —PDC Volume 4 Approved Glossary

an ancient city in north Africa. It was the commercial and political rival of Rome for much of the third and second centuries b.c. The city was destroyed by the Romans in 146 b.c. at the end of the Third Punic War. See also Punic Wars and Rome in this glossary.