Third Punic War

The Third Punic War (149 BC to 146 BC) was the third and last of the Punic Wars. It was fought between the former Phoenician colony of Carthage, and the Roman Republic.

Third Punic War
Part of the Punic Wars
The location of the city of Carthage
Date 149 BC – 146 BC Location Carthage (near modern Tunis) Result Roman victory, Carthage was sacked.
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Carthage
Commanders and leaders
Scipio Aemilianus	Hasdrubal

The war was a much smaller engagement than the two previous Punic Wars, and was mostly just the Romans attacking the city of Carthage in the Battle of Carthage. The Romans killed or captured all the people living inside of the city and tore down the buildings. They did this because they hated the Carthaginians after fighting two other wars with them, and didn't want to fight another, so they totally destroyed them.

Third Punic War Media

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  A silver double shekel from Carthage's last minting of coins before its destruction.
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  Catapulta by Edward Poynter, 1868; modern depiction of a Roman siege engine during the siege of Carthage
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  Arrowheads, remains of a dagger and stones for slingshots exhibited at the National Museum of Carthage

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  A World War II United States Army Air Forces aerial reconnaissance photograph of the remains of the naval base of the city of Carthage. The remains of the mercantile harbour are in the centre and those of the military harbour are bottom right.
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  Ruins of the Punic Quarter, Carthage, in 2005

Other websites

• Delenda est Carthago