Carthage Founded
849 BC · Ancient World
The city of Carthage is thought to be founded in the 9th century BC on the coast of Northwest Africa, in what is now Tunisia, as one of a number of Phoenician settlements in the western Mediterranean created to facilitate trade from the city of Tyre on the coast of what is now Lebanon. The name of both the city and the wider republic that grew out of it, Carthage developed into a significant trading empire throughout the Mediterranean.
Key Figures
Queen DidoKing Pygmalion of Tyre
Locations
CarthageTyre
Topics
phoeniciaafrictunisiameditarranean
Connected Events — 2 Connections
The city founded by Phoenician colonists in the 9th century BCE grew into the dominant western Mediterranean power whose monarchy was replaced by an oligarchic republic after 480 BCE Carthaginian Republic Established
Phoenician maritime expansion from Tyre established the western Mediterranean trading network and colonial infrastructure from which Carthage was founded as a settlement colony Phoenician Maritime Expansion
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