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Unveiling the Ancient City of Carthage: A Journey Through History
The ancient city-state of Carthage was Rome’s deadliest opponent during its rise. Rome called Carthage “Punic.” During the three Punic Wars, the two countries fought to the death for more than a hundred years, and each was defeated. Pushed to the edge of life and death, countless heroic legends were born during this period. Hannibal, one of the four famous generals in Western military history, was the commander-in-chief of the Carthage army. I traveled to Morocco and Tunisia for the first time in 2011, and the main purpose of my visit to Tunisia was to see the origin of the three Punic Wars in Roman history and the ruins of…