Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Carthage yakavambwa muna 814 B.C. navatsigiri veFenikiya vakabva kuguta reTire, vachiuya namwari weguta Melqart. Carthage yekare yakanga iri hurumende isiri yepamutemo yemaguta eFenikiya muNorth Africa yose neSpain yemazuva ano kubva muna 575 BC kusvika muna 146 BC. Rakanga riri pasi pesimba reguta renyika reCarthage pashure pokunge Tire rawa kumauto eBhabhironi. Panguva yainyatsokura simba reguta racho, umambo hwaro hwaibatanidza nzvimbo dzakawanda dzokumadokero kweMediterranean. Umambo hwacho hwaigara huchirwisana neRepublic yeRoma, izvo zvakaita kuti pave nokurwisana kwakatevedzana kunonzi Punic Wars. Pashure pechitatu uye
Muhondo yokupedzisira yePunic, Carthage yakaparadzwa ndokuzotorwa nemauto eRoma. Inenge nharaunda yose yaichengetwa neCarthage yakawira mumaoko eRoma.