Ka cika wannan jumla: A matsayin iko mafi iko na yammacin Bahar Rum, Carthage babu makawa ya shiga rikici da maƙwabta da abokan hamayya da yawa, daga 'yan asalin Berbers na Arewacin Afirka zuwa Jamhuriyar Roman da ke fitowa. Bayan ƙarni na rikici tare da Girkawa na Sicily, ƙaruwar gasa da Roma ya ƙare a cikin Wars Punic (264<unk>146 BC), wanda ya ga wasu daga cikin manyan yaƙe-yaƙe mafi girma a zamanin d ̄ a. Bayan da suka guje wa hallaka a cikin Yaƙin Punic na Biyu, Romawa sun hallaka Carthage a shekara ta 146 kafin haihuwar Yesu bayan da
na uku da na karshe Punic War, daga baya kafa wani sabon birni a wurinsa. Duk ragowar wayewar Carthaginian sun kasance ƙarƙashin mulkin Romawa a ƙarni na farko AD, kuma Roma daga baya ta zama babbar ƙarfin Bahar Rum, ta share fagen tashi a matsayin babbar daular.