<p>The Third Punic War was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between Carthage and Rome. The war was fought entirely within Carthaginian territory, in modern northern Tunisia. When the <a href="https://history-maps.com/story/Second-Punic-War" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Second Punic War</a> ended in 201 BCE, one of the terms of the peace treaty prohibited Carthage from waging war without Rome's permission. Rome's ally, King Masinissa of Numidia, exploited this to repeatedly raid and seize Carthaginian territory with impunity. In 149 BCE Carthage sent an army, under Hasdrubal, against Masinissa, the treaty notwithstanding. The campaign ended in disaster as the Battle of Oroscopa ended with a Carthaginian defeat and the surrender of the Carthaginian army. Anti-Carthaginian factions in Rome used the illicit military action as a pretext to prepare a punitive expedition.</p> 

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Prologue

Carthage counter-attacks

Rome declares war on Carthage

Third Punic War begins

Siege of Carthage

Battle of Lake Tunis

Second Year

Scipio takes charge

Battle of the Port of Carthage

Battle of Nepheris

Fall of Carthage

Epilogue

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