where was ancient carthage located?
Tunisia
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 An African prefecture , centered in Carthage , was established in April 534 , but it would teeter on the brink of collapse during the next 15 years , amidst warfare with the Moors and military mutinies . The area was not completely pacified until 548 , but remained peaceful thereafter and enjoyed a measure of prosperity . The recovery of Africa cost the empire about 100 @,@ 000 pounds of gold . 

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 The early population of the city was composed almost entirely of soldiers and their families , and the layout of the city was similar to that of a garrison . Amr intended for Fustat to serve as a base from which to conquer North Africa , as well as to launch further campaigns against Byzantium . It remained the primary base for Arab expansion in Africa until Qayrawan was founded in Tunisia in 670 . 

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 Carthage , the second largest city in the empire , was lost along with much of North Africa in 439 AD to the Vandals , and the fate of Rome seemed sealed . By 476 AD , what remained of the Empire was completely in the hands of federated Germanic troops and when they revolted , led by Odoacer and deposed the Emperor Romulus Augustus there was nobody to stop them . Odoacer happened to hold the part of the Empire around Italy and Rome but other parts of the Empire were ruled by Visigoths , Ostrogoths , Franks , Alans and others . The Empire in the West had fallen , and its remnant in Italy was no longer Roman in nature . The Eastern Roman Empire and the Goths continued to fight over Rome and the surrounding area for many years , though by this point Rome 's importance was primarily symbolic . 

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 The official name for the site in ancient times was The Great and Majestic Necropolis of the Millions of Years of the Pharaoh , Life , Strength , Health in The West of Thebes ( see below for the hieroglyphic spelling ) , or more usually , Ta @-@ sekhet @-@ ma 'at ( the Great Field ) . 

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 The city lay within the kingdom of Mauretania , which became a Roman client state following the fall of Carthage in 146 BC . The Punic influence lasted for a considerable time afterwards , as the city 's magistrates retained the Carthaginian title of suffete long after the end of Punic rule . Juba II of Numidia was placed on the Mauretanian throne by Augustus in 25 BC and turned his attention to building a royal capital at Volubilis . Educated in Rome and married to Cleopatra Selene II , the daughter of Mark Antony and Cleopatra , Juba and his son Ptolemy were thoroughly Romanised kings , although of Berber ancestry ; their preference for Roman art and architecture was clearly reflected in the city 's design . 
