Carthage (founded by the Phoenicians in 814 BC) is remembered as one of the ancient Mediterranean’s greatest cities, where the legacy of Punic civilization, Roman imperial ambition, and modern Tunisia converge above the Gulf of Tunis. Destroyed after the Third Punic War and rebuilt as a major Roman capital, it later declined yet never lost its symbolic power. Today quiet residential streets surround extensive archaeological remains, where temples, baths, villas, theaters, and early Christian monuments reveal successive civilizations that shaped North Africa, making Carthage both a living city and one of the region’s defining historical landscapes.