Carthage

Carthage was founded

814 BCE

Founded by the Phoenician Queen Elissa

Rise of Carthaginian Empire

575 BCE

Rose after the destruction of Tyre by Alexander

Battle of Himera

480 BCE

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

War with Greeks in Sicily

405 BCE

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.

Peace Treaty with Greeks

405 BCE

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

First Punic War

241 BCE

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

The Mercenary War

237 BCE

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.

Second Punic War

201 BCE

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.

Third Punic War

147 BCE

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.

Fall of Carthage

146 BCE

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