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c. 814 BCE

Traditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Carthage by Tyre.
539 BCE

Etruscan & Carthaginian alliance expels the Greeks from Corsica.
510 BCE - 509 BCE

First treaty between Rome and Carthage.
306 BCE

Carthage and Agathocles of Syracuse sign a peace treaty and divide Sicily between them.
255 BCE

Carthage sues for peace during the First Punic War but the Roman consul Regulus' excessive demands are rejected.
241 BCE - 238 BCE

The rebellion of the mercenaries: Unpaid mercenaries under the leadership of Mathos and Spendios rebel against Carthage. Despite a peace treaty, Rome seizes the opportunity to strip Carthage of Sardinia and Corsica.
146 BCE

End of the Third Punic War. Carthage is destroyed and its lands become the Roman province Africa.

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814 BCE: Traditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Carthage by Tyre.

539 BCE: Etruscan & Carthaginian alliance expels the Greeks from Corsica.

510 BCE - 509 BCE: First treaty between Rome and Carthage.

306 BCE: Carthage and Agathocles of Syracuse sign a peace treaty and divide Sicily between them.

255 BCE: Carthage sues for peace during the First Punic War but the Roman consul Regulus' excessive demands are rejected.

241 BCE - 238 BCE: The rebellion of the mercenaries: Unpaid mercenaries under the leadership of Mathos and Spendios rebel against Carthage. Despite a peace treaty, Rome seizes the opportunity to strip Carthage of Sardinia and Corsica.

146 BCE: End of the Third Punic War. Carthage is destroyed and its lands become the Roman province Africa.