Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Scipio Aemilianus Africanus ya kewaye shi a cikin Yaƙin Punic na Uku lokacin da aka ci birnin kuma aka lalata shi a cikin 146BC. Birnin Byrsa shi ne wurin zama na proconsul na Afirka a cikin Daular Roma. A cikin AD439, Geiseric ya mallaki Carthage. Sarakunan Vandal sun mallaki Arewacin Afirka daga Byrsa har sai Sarkin Byzantine Justinian ya sake mallakar lardin
a shekara ta 533.