Carthage
Ancient city · Tunisia
- Abandoned
- 145 BC
- Founded
- 801 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.847, 10.313
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
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History
Carthage was an ancient city in northern Africa founded by the legendary Phoenician queen Dido on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. It became the capital city of the civilization of Ancient Carthage and later Roman Carthage.