The Carthaginians 6th-2nd Century Bc

Carthage became Rome`s greatest and most legendary enemy under the generalship of Hannibal in battles like Cannae. During the Punic Wars, Carthage`s elite mercenary-professional army was ultimately defeated by Roman endurance and Scipio`s genius. Carthage, the port-city in Tunisia first settled by Phoenicians from Tyre, grew to extend a competitive maritime trading empire all over the Western Mediterranean and beyond, increasingly defended by the best navy of the period.