Roman siege of Carthage

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event in the Third Punic War military campaign siege

The Roman siege of Carthage was the brutal, years-long assault (149–146 BC) in which Rome captured and destroyed the North African city of Carthage, ending the Third Punic War and Carthaginian power.

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Label	Occurrences
Destruction of Carthage (146 BC)	1
Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BC	1
Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE	1
Roman siege of Carthage canonical	1
Siege of Carthage (149–146 BCE)	1
Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)	1
siege of Carthage	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the Third Punic War ⓘ military campaign ⓘ siege ⓘ
belligerent	Carthaginian Empire ⓘ surface form: Carthaginian state Roman Republic ⓘ
cause	Carthaginian resistance to Roman ultimatums ⓘ Roman demand that Carthage be dismantled and moved inland ⓘ Roman fear of renewed Carthaginian power ⓘ
combatantCommander	Hasdrubal the Boetharch ⓘ Lucius Marcius Censorinus ⓘ Manius Manilius ⓘ Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ
conflict	Third Punic War ⓘ
conflictType	siege warfare ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ
countryInvolved	Carthage ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
destruction	burning of Carthage ⓘ demolition of Carthaginian buildings ⓘ
duration	approximately three years ⓘ
endDate	146 BC ⓘ
followedBy	sale of many Carthaginian inhabitants into slavery ⓘ systematic destruction of the city of Carthage ⓘ
historicalPeriod	2nd century BC ⓘ
method	assault on city walls ⓘ blockade ⓘ naval operations against Carthaginian harbor ⓘ street-by-street fighting ⓘ
notableAction	Carthaginian construction of a new secret harbor exit ⓘ Roman construction of a mole to block the harbor of Carthage ⓘ final Roman assault on the Byrsa citadel ⓘ
notableCommanderForCarthage	Hasdrubal the Boetharch ⓘ
notableCommanderForRome	Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ surface form: Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus
partOf	Third Punic War ⓘ
place	Carthage ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
populationImpact	enslavement of surviving Carthaginians ⓘ large-scale killing of inhabitants ⓘ
precededBy	Roman declaration of war on Carthage in 149 BC ⓘ
rememberedFor	brutality of the final assault ⓘ symbolic end of Carthaginian civilization ⓘ
result	Roman victory ⓘ annexation of Carthaginian territory by Rome ⓘ creation of the Roman province of Africa ⓘ destruction of Carthage ⓘ end of Carthaginian political independence ⓘ
significance	contributed to Roman dominance in the western Mediterranean ⓘ eliminated Carthage as a major Mediterranean power ⓘ ended the Third Punic War ⓘ
startDate	149 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Punic War → notableEvent → Roman siege of Carthage ⓘ

Third Punic War → mainTheater → Roman siege of Carthage ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Carthage

suffete of Carthage → abolishedWith → Roman siege of Carthage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE

Council of Elders → dissolvedWith → Roman siege of Carthage ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Elders (Carthage)

this entity surface form: Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BC

Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms → significantEvent → Roman siege of Carthage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Destruction of Carthage (146 BC)

Hasdrubal the Boetharch → event → Roman siege of Carthage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)

Scipio Aemilianus → notableBattle → Roman siege of Carthage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Carthage (149–146 BCE)