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Carthage was one of the fantastic ancient civilizations, and at its maximum, the rich Carthaginian empire dominated the Mediterranean against the likes of Greece and Rome, with commercial enterprises and influence stretching out from Spain to Turkey. Actually, at several points ever sold it had a very real potential for exchanging the fledgling Roman Empire or the declining Greek poleis (city-states) completely as grasp of the Mediterranean. Although Carthage by far preferred to exert financial pressure and impact before resorting to direct military ability (and even travelled as far as to rely mostly on mercenary armies paid with its vast riches for much of its history, it nonetheless produced lots of exceptional generals, from the likes of Hanno Magnus to, of course, the fantastic bogeyman of Roman nightmares himself: Hannibal. However, the Carthaginians' international policy acquired one fatal flaw; they had a knack within the generations of picking the most detrimental enemies they could possibly enter into discord with. The first serious clash of civilizations in which Carthage was involved was with Greece, which speedily became hostile when the Carthaginians commenced pushing to spread their influence for the colonies known as Magna Graecia, which have been founded in southern Italy and Sicily by several Greek poleis. These territories would turn into a casus belli of the First Punic Warfare. Certain foreign policy decisions resulted in continuing enmity between Carthage and the burgeoning ability of Rome, and what adopted was some wars which transformed from a fight for Mediterranean hegemony into an all-out struggle for survival. Even though Romans gained the upper submit the wake of the First Punic Warfare, Hannibal helped bring the Romans with their legs for over ten years during the Second Punic Warfare. While armed forces historians are still impressed that he could maintain his army in Italy near Rome for practically 15 years, scholars are still puzzled over some of his decisions, including why he never attemptedto march on Rome. After the serious risk Hannibal posed during the Second Punic Warfare, the Romans didn't wait around much longer to use the attack to the Carthaginians in the 3rd Punic Warfare, which finished with Roman legions smashing Carthage to rubble. As star has it, the Romans literally salted the bottom upon which Carthage stood to ensure its devastation forever. Despite having a significant impact on the Mediterranean for practically five generations, little evidence of Carthage's history might survives. The town itself was reduced to nothing at all by the Romans, who desired to erase all physical evidence of its existence, and even though its ruins have been excavated, they have got not provided everywhere near the riches of archaeological items or proof as ancient locations like Rome, Athens, Syracuse, or even Troy. Today, Carthage is a essentially unremarkable suburb of the location of Tunis, and even though there are some impressive ancient monuments there for tourists to explore, the large majority of these are generally the consequence of later Roman settlement.
