Antiquity
Carthage
- Period
- 650 BC – 145 BC
- Duration
- approx. 505 years
- Greatest extent
- around 218 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 454,000 km²
Profile
Strength
The leading naval power of the western Mediterranean, with mercenary armies and war elephants.
Famous figures
- Hamilcar Barca
- Hannibal
- Hasdrubal
- Hanno the Navigator
Wars & battles won
- Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
- Battle of Lake Trasimene (217 BC)
Wars & battles lost
- First Punic War (264–241 BC)
- Battle of Zama (202 BC)
- Destruction of Carthage (146 BC)
Languages
- Punic
- Phoenician
Period and duration
Carthage — according to the map data from 650 BC to 145 BC, roughly 505 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Carthage — greatest extent around 218 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 454,000 km², roughly 0.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (651 BC)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
- Roman Republic
- Kingdom of Numidia
Neighbours around 218 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Roman Republic
- Antigonid Macedonia
- Greek City-States
- Achaean League
- Aetolian League
Learn more
- Open the world map in 218 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Carthage on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.