 In this regard, perhaps the legend about Dido, the foundress of Carthage, as related by Trogus is apposite.Her refusal to wed the Mauritani chieftain Hiarbus might be indicative of the complexity of the politics involved.Eventually, the Phoenician trading stations would evolve into permanent settlements, and later into small towns, which would presumably require a wide variety of goods as well as sources of food, which could be satisfied in trade with the Berbers.