Ka kammala wannan jumla: Jamhuriyar Roma ta halaka birnin a shekara ta
Yaƙin Punic na Uku a cikin 146 BC sannan aka sake haɓaka shi a matsayin Roman Carthage, wanda ya zama babban birni na Daular Roman a lardin Afirka. Sojojin Umayyad sun kori birnin kuma sun lalata shi bayan Yaƙin Carthage a cikin 698 don hana shi sake mamayewa ta Daular Byzantine. Ya kasance yana zaune a lokacin zamanin Musulmi kuma Musulmai sun yi amfani da shi azaman kagara har zuwa lokacin Hafsid lokacin da 'yan Salibiyya suka karbe shi tare da mazaunanta da aka kashe a lokacin yaƙin Crusade na Takwas. Hafsids sun yanke shawarar lalata tsaronta don kada wani maƙiyi ya sake amfani da shi a matsayin tushe. Har ila yau, ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin bishop.