| carthage definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | an ancient city state on the north african coast near modern tunis | 37 sets |
| 2 | city located in present-day tunisia, founded by phoenicians ca. 800 b.c.e. it became a major commercial center and naval power in the western mediterranean until defeated by rome in the third century b.c.e. (p. 107) | 28 sets |
| 3 | phoenician city in modern-day tunisia which grew to become a major power in the western mediterranean. | 23 sets |
| 4 | an ancient city on the north coast of africa | 13 sets |
| 5 | fought with rome in the punic wars, had the great general hannibal but was later defeated | 8 sets |
| 6 | phoenician city in modern-day tunisia which grew to become a major power in the western mediterranean | 7 sets |
| 7 | an ancient city on the north coast of africa. | 7 sets |
| 8 | an ancient city-state in n africa, near modern tunis: founded by the phoenicians in the middle of the 9th century b.c.; destroyed in 146 b.c. in the last of the punic wars. | 6 sets |
| 9 | located on th northern part of africa, controlled land around mediterranean sea including sicily | 5 sets |
| 10 | ancient city in tunisia | 5 sets |
| 11 | ancient city on north coast of africa | 5 sets |
| 12 | a city-state on the northern coast of africa | 4 sets |
| 13 | one of the great empires of ancient africa, situated on a triangular peninsula on the gulf of tunis on the coast of the mediterranean sea. | 4 sets |
| 14 | a | 3 sets |
| 15 | an important phoenician trading post in north africa | 3 sets |
| 16 | colony that phoenicians founded along their trade route, located on the northern coast of africa and later became one of the most powerful cities on the mediterranean. | 2 sets |
| 17 | phoenicia's greatest colony | 2 sets |
| 18 | an ancient city-state in n africa, near modern tunis: founded by the phoenicians in the middle of the 9th century b.c.; destroyed in 146 b.c. in the last of the punic wars | 2 sets |
| 19 | rome fought the punic wars against ???. (carthage/gaul) | 2 sets |
| 20 | poweful city on the coast of north africa . great commercial power | 2 sets |
| 21 | active in punic wars; home of hannibal | 2 sets |
| 22 | state on the coast of north africa | 2 sets |
| 23 | an ancient city on the northern coast of africa | 2 sets |
| 24 | ancient city-state in n africa that was a rival of rome, and destroyed during the punic wars | 2 sets |
| 25 | large city state in northern africa | 2 sets |
| 26 | an ancient city state on the north african coast near modern tunis, ancient roman city found in tunisia | 2 sets |
| 27 | an ancient city in north africa, established by traders from phoenicia. it was a commercial and political rival of rome for much of the third and second centuries b.c. the general hannibal attempted to capture rome by moving his army from spain through the alps, but he was prevented and finally defeated in his own country. at the end of the punic wars, the romans destroyed this city, as the senator cato had long urged. the character dido, lover of aeneas in the aeneid was a queen of this city. | 2 sets |
| 28 | a city-state in north africa | 2 sets |
| 29 | originally a phoenician colony in northern africa; became a major port and commercial power in the western mediterranean; fought the punic wars against rome for dominance of the western mediterranean | 2 sets |
| 30 | city in northern africa which was crushed during the punic wars against rome | 2 sets |
| 31 | a city-state along the northern coast of africa. it is located in present-day tunisia | 2 sets |
| 32 | colony of people from tyre in present day tunisia | 2 sets |
| 33 | was once a colony of phoenicia and located on a peninsula on the north african coast. its rise to power soon put it in direct opposition with rome. in 264 bc rome and carthage went to rome, marking the beginning of a long set of struggles between these two civilizations known as the punic wars. | 2 sets |
| 34 | poweful colony that fought with rome for sicily in the punic wars, had the great general hannibal but was later defeated | 2 sets |
| 35 | fought rome over the island of sicily | 2 sets |
| 36 | a famous ancient city | 2 sets |
| 37 | northern africa empire which was invaded by the romans | 2 sets |
| 38 | a city-state in northern africa who lost the punic wars. they were enemies of rome. | 2 sets |
| 39 | fought against rome in the 3 punic wars | 2 sets |
| 40 | city in northern africa, and its empire, against which rome fought | 2 sets |