Carthage major events

By dennnny
  • 813 BCE

    Founded in:

    Carthage was founded by Phoenician Queen Elissa (better known as Dido) at around 813 BCE
  • 650 BCE

    Perennial Wars with Greeks started

  • 575 BCE

    Fall of Tyre

  • 480 BCE

    Battle of Himera

    Hamilcar leads Carthaginians against Greeks
  • 405 BCE

    Peace treaty with Greeks

  • Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE

    First Punic War

  • 250 BCE

    Occupation of Messena

  • Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE

    Second Punic War

  • 216 BCE

    Battle of Cannae

  • Period: 202 BCE to 201 BCE

    Battle of Zama and peace treaty with Rome

  • Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE

    Third Punic War

  • Period: 147 BCE to 146 BCE

    Scipio's intervention