an ancient city state, on the N African coast near present-day Tunis. Founded about 800 bc by Phoenician traders, it grew into an empire dominating N Africa and the Mediterranean. Destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome, it was finally razed by the Arabs in 697 ad
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Car•thage
(kär′thij),USA pronunciation n. Car•tha•gin•i•an
(kär′thə jin′ē ən),USA pronunciation adj., n.
- Ancient History, Place Namesan ancient city-state in N Africa, near modern Tunis: founded by the Phoenicians in the middle of the 9th century b.c.; destroyed in 146 b.c. in the last of the Punic Wars.
- Place Namesa town in central Missouri. 11,104.
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- Thapsus
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