Third Punic War
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title:
Third Punic War
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The Third Punic War was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between Carthage and Rome. The war was fought entirely within Carthaginian territory, in what is now northern Tunisia. When the Second Punic War ended in 201 BC one of the terms of the peace treaty prohibited Carthage from waging war without Rome's permission. Rome's ally, King Masinissa of Numidia, exploited this to repeatedly raid and seize Carthaginian territory with impunity. In 149 BC Carthage sent an army, under Hasdrubal,
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War between the Rome and Carthage 149–146 BC
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Punic_War
date created:
2002-06-16T10:00:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T03:31:11Z
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