Ruins in Tunisia today are from the later Roman occupation of this city founded by the Phoenicians around 814 B.C.
... Later, Punic, a name used by the Romans to refer to western 
Mediterranean .... gave the year 814 BC as the date of Carthage's founding.6 
Josephus dated Elissar's... [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF CARTHAGE [PAR] HISTORY OF CARTHAGE including Dido's city, Colonies and rivals, The ... 
Carthage is the largest of the towns founded by the Phoenicians on the north 
African coast.