The emerging power of [[Rome]] brought the two into conflict starting in [[Sicily]] in the middle of the 3rd century B.C. Carthage was eventually destroyed by Rome after the course of three wars, the [[Punic Wars]] which were monumental for their time period. | The emerging power of [[Rome]] brought the two into conflict starting in [[Sicily]] in the middle of the 3rd century B.C. Carthage was eventually destroyed by Rome after the course of three wars, the [[Punic Wars]] which were monumental for their time period. |