Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Abokin Rome na Afirka, Sarki Masinissa na Numidia, ya yi amfani da haramcin Carthage don yaƙin yaƙi da yawa don mamayewa da kwace yankin Carthaginian ba tare da hukunci ba. A cikin 149 BC, shekaru hamsin bayan ƙarshen Yaƙin Punic na Biyu, Carthage ya aika da sojoji, a ƙarƙashin Hasdrubal, a kan Masinissa, duk da yarjejeniyar. Yaƙin ya ƙare cikin bala'i a Yaƙin Oroscopa da ƙungiyoyin anti-Carthaginian a Rome sun yi amfani da aikin soja ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a matsayin hujja don shirya balaguron horo. Yaƙin Punic na Uku ya fara daga baya a cikin 149 BC lokacin da babban rundunar sojojin Roma suka sauka a Arewacin Afirka kuma suka kewaye Carthage
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin bazara na 146 BC Romawa sun kaddamar da hare-haren su na karshe, suna lalata birnin da kuma kashe mazaunanta; An sayar da masu tsira 50,000 a matsayin bayi. Yankunan Carthage na dā sun zama lardin Roma na Afirka. Shekaru ɗari ne kafin a sake gina Carthage a matsayin birnin Roma.