Carthage Tunisia

May 7, 2009

Carthage was founded in 800 BC by the Phoenicians, and it was from here that Hannibal began his legendary journey. Carthage was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC, then re-founded by Julius Caesar and eventually became the Empire's second city after Rome. The extensive remains there are impressive Baths of Antonius Pius, and the amphitheatre and Punic ports.

Carthage is located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the center of Tunis. Rome re-founded Carthage, which eventually became one of the three most important cities of the Empire. Today Carthage is being re-settled as a suburb of Tunis.