Carthage

Also known as Carthago, Colonia Julia Carthago

thumb|upright=1.8|right|The layout of the Punic city-state Carthage, before its fall in 146 BC Carthage (, '''') was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. It became the capital city of the civilization of Ancient Carthage and later Roman Carthage.

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Carthage was an ancient city in what is now Tunisia that served as one of the most important trading centers and wealthy cities of the ancient Mediterranean world. It functioned as the capital of the Carthaginian civilization and later came under Roman control before falling in 146 BC.

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Ancient site.name: Carthage
Ancient site.image: Montage ville de Carthage.png
Ancient site.caption: Top: Carthage Saint-Louis Cathedral, Malik-ibn Anas Mosque. Middle: Carthage Palace. Bottom: Baths of Antoninus, Amphitheatre of Carthage (all items from left to right).
Ancient site.map_type: Tunisia
Ancient site.map_size: 250
Ancient site.region: Tunis Governorate
Ancient site.designation1: WHS
Ancient site.designation1_date: 1979 (3rd session)
Ancient site.designation1_type: Cultural
Ancient site.designation1_criteria: ii, iii, vi
Ancient site.designation1_number: 37
Ancient site.designation1_free1name

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Contents

Etymology
Topography, layout, and society
Overview
Layout
Society and local economy
Ancient history
Punic Republic
Salting legend
Roman Carthage
Islamic period
Modern history
Archaeological sites
Commune
Trade and business
Constitution of state
Contemporary sources
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

thumb|upright=1.8|right|The layout of the Punic city-state Carthage, before its fall in 146 BC Carthage (, '') was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. It became the capital city of the civilization of Ancient Carthage and later Roman Carthage.

The city developed from a Phoenician colony into the capital of a Punic empire which dominated large parts of the Southwest Mediterranean during the first millennium BC. The legendary Queen Elissa, Alyssa or Dido, originally from Tyre, is regarded as the founder of the city, though her historicity has been questioned. In the myth, Dido asked for land from a local tribe, which told her that she could get as much land as an oxhide could cover. She cut the oxhide into strips and laid out the perimeter of the new city. As Carthage prospered at home, the polity sent colonists abroad as well as magistrates to rule the colonies.