>>3905555>carthage was destroyed by rome for being a tarde rivalBit of a myth, Romans were too pragmatic for that. They smashed it and rebuilt it into one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the empire. Then the West fell and it became capital of a Vandal kingdom. Then the East re-conquered it and Carthage became the regional capital of Byzantine North Africa. It finally fell for good when the muzzies rolled through North Africa.