Over the course of almost 140 years they fought what became known as the Punic Wars: (The name Punic derives from the Romans’ word for the Carthaginians, Punicus or Poenicus, which refers to ...

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The news last week that the mayors of Rome and Carthage have signed a treaty in Tunis officially ending the Third Punic War comes as no surprise, since the hostilities ended in 146 B.C. when the ...

Photo by DeAgostini / Getty Images The legend of Carthaginian general Hannibal—famed for leading some 30,000 soldiers and 37 elephants across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic War ...