Ka kammala wannan jumlar: Masinissa Sarkin Numidia, abokin Roma a Afirka, ya yi amfani da dokar da ta hana Carthage yin yaƙi don ya kai wa Carthage hari a kai a kai kuma ya ƙwace ƙasarsa ba tare da an hukunta shi 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 da
Carthage da aka kewaye. 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.