Third Punic War (jan 1, 149 BC – jan 1, 146 BC)
Description:
3rd - Scipio Aemelianus pushes in Carthage and burns it to the ground, surviving citizens sold into slaveryCarthage had to leave or else war
Of course they did not want to leave
Carthage withstood siege, but eventually burned
Rome major power
Caused massive influx of poor slaves into Rome → drove out Romans from their jobs → unemployment, homelessness, starvation → Tiberius Gracchus
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Date:
jan 1, 149 BC
jan 1, 146 BC
~ 3 years