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The location of the city of Carthage

Military Conflict

Conflict

Third Punic War

Date

149 BC - 146 BC

Location

Carthage (near modern Tunis)

Result

Roman victory, Carthage sacked. Fall of the Carthaginian Empire. Rome gain full control of the Mediterranean Sea.

Roman Republic

Carthage

Scipio Aemilianus

Hasdrubal the Boeotarch

80,000 men

120,000+:
90,000 defenders which includes only 30,000 regular forces,
30,000+ civilians

17,000 killed

62,000 killed,
50,000 enslaved

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The Third Punic War (Latin: Tertium Bellum Punicum) (149 BC to 146 BC) was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between the former Phoenician colony of Carthage, and the Roman Republic. The Punic Wars were named because of the Roman name for Carthaginians: Punici, or Poenici.

The war was a much smaller engagement than the two previous Punic Wars and primarily consisted of a single main action, the Battle of Carthage, but resulted in the complete destruction of the city of Carthage, the annexation of all remaining Carthaginian territory by Rome, and the death or enslavement of the entire Carthaginian population. The Third Punic War ended Carthage's independent existence.