Phoenicia, Phoenicians and Punic
It was a major power of the Mediterranean until its destruction in the Third Punic War in 146 BC.
The Carthaginian Empire was one of the longest living and largest empires in the ancient Mediterranean.
The navy of Carthage was one of the largest in the Mediterranean, using serial production to maintain high numbers at moderate cost. The reputation of her skilled sailors implies that there was in peacetime a training of oarsmen and coxswains, giving their navy a cutting edge in naval matters.
The government of Carthage was an oligarchal republic, which relied on a system of checks and balances and ensured a form of public accountability.
