What is Third Punic War?
{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Third Punic War |partof= the [[Punic Wars]] |image= Carthage location.png |caption= The location of the city of [[Carthage]] |date=[[149 BC]] – [[146 BC]] |place=[[Carthage]] (near modern [[Tunis]]) |casus = For [[Carthago]] [[Numidia]] attack with Roman support in [[151 BC]]. For [[Rome]] [[Carthago]] war with Numidia against Roman wishes |result=[[Roman Republic|Roman]] victory, Carthage was sacked. |combatant1=[[Roman Republic]] |combatant2=[[Carthage]] |commander1=[[Scipio Aemilianus]] |commander2=[[Hasdrubal]] }} The '''Third Punic War''' (149 BC to 146 BC) was the third and last of the [[Punic Wars]]. It was fought between the former [[Phoenicia]]n colony of [[Carthage]], and the [[Roman Republic]]. The war was a much smaller engagement than the two previous Punic Wars, and was mostly just the Romans attacking the city of Carthage in the [[Battle of Carthage (c.149 BC)|Battle of Carthage]]. The Romans killed or captured all the people living inside of the city and tore down the buildings. They did this because they hated the Carthaginians after fighting two other wars with them, and didn't want to fight another, so they totally destroyed them. == Other websites == * [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198503/delenda.est.carthago.htm Delenda est Carthago] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205184443/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198503/delenda.est.carthago.htm |date=2009-02-05 }} {{military-stub}} [[Category:Punic Wars]] [[Category:2nd century BC]] [[Category:Wars and battles of Ancient Rome]]