Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Carthage an kafa shi ne a shekara ta 814 kafin haihuwar ta Phoenician mazauna daga birnin Taya, suna kawo allahn garin Melqart. Tsohon Carthage ya kasance mulkin mallaka na biranen Phoenician a duk Arewacin Afirka da Spain ta zamani daga 575 BC har zuwa 146 BC. Birnin Carthage ne ya mallake ta bayan da sojojin Babila suka ci Taya. A lokacin da birnin yake da iko sosai, daularsa ta ƙunshi yawancin yammacin Bahar Rum. Daular ta kasance cikin halin gwagwarmaya tare da Jamhuriyar Roman, wanda ya haifar da jerin rikice-rikice da aka sani da Punic Wars. Bayan na uku da na karshe Punic War
, Carthage ya lalace sannan sojojin Roma suka mamaye shi. Kusan dukan yankin da Carthage ta mallaka ya faɗa hannun Romawa.