Carthage

By emilyegger
  • 814 BCE

    Carthage was founded

    Founded by the Phoenician Queen Elissa
  • 575 BCE

    Rise of Carthaginian Empire

    Rose after the destruction of Tyre by Alexander
  • 480 BCE

    Battle of Himera

    Hamilcar leads the Carthaginians against the Greeks, under the tyrant Theron, in Sicily.
  • 405 BCE

    War with Greeks in Sicily

    Under the Carthaginian commander Hannibal, son of Gesco and grandson of Hamiclar, Carthage was able to conquer the Sicilian cities of Selinus, Himera, Acragas, and Gela.
  • 405 BCE

    Peace Treaty with Greeks

    Dionysus of Syracuse and the Carthaginian commander Himilco sign a peace treaty after Hannibal conquers most of Sicily and returns to Carthage.
  • 241 BCE

    First Punic War

    Started war with Rome after they invaded Sicily and liberated Messana. Rome won and Carthage was forced to cede Sicily.
  • 237 BCE

    The Mercenary War

    Started when the Carthaginian army of mercenaries demanded the payment Carthage owed them. War was won by Carthage through the efforts of the general Hamilcar Barca.
  • 201 BCE

    Second Punic War

    Hannibal Barca invades Italy and provokes war with Rome. He defeats the Romans in several battles but is eventually defeated. A treaty is signed in 201 BC.
  • 147 BCE

    Third Punic War

    Rome declared war against Carthage, Rome demanded that Carthaginian people stand aside and let them destroy it. Carthage denied and returned back to the city where the war began.
  • 146 BCE

    Fall of Carthage

    Publius Cornelius Scipio was sent to destroy the city. The city was demolished and the Empire collapsed