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Nik Wheeler

Punic Carthage, built by the Phoenicians in North Africa, flourished from the mid-ninth century B.C. to the mid-second century B.C., when it was destroyed and rebuilt by the Romans. Roman Carthage (shown here) remained a magnificent city through Late Antiquity. Here the elite of the Roman Empire built lavish villas paved with some of the world’s most beautiful mosaics.