The Fall of North Africa: How Rome Erased a Superpower

The Punic Wars ended in fire and ruin. From Hannibal’s defeat at Zama to the Third Punic War and the total destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE, this is the full story of how Rome crushed its greatest rival in North Africa. Discover how Masinissa’s Numidia rose, how Cato demanded Carthage’s destruction, and how Scipio Aemilianus delivered the final blow. “Karthago: Phönizische Großstadt” (2020) by ZDF/Terra X/Faber Courtial, Jörg Courtial — used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: trimmed, zoomed and voiceover added. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment if you enjoy history as much as we do. Become a member to help out the channel and keep the project alive (not to mention early access)! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFn4wt14ytUbngBJp8SsWKQ/join 0:00 Aftermath of Second Punic War 1:53 Carthage Recovery 3:23 Masinissa's Numidia 5:28 Numidian-Carthaginian War 11:05 Third Punic War and Siege of Carthage This video is a part of our series on Northern Africa. You can find each individual one here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWQkkziGGfcsMsf9d-O3AGOHzBxeJ7H3 Welcome to our Subregion Documentaries! These standalone full documentaries are meant to summarize broad topics in history and balances political history and events, with social/daily life, and culture. If you've watched our History of the World and Time Period documentary series, these videos are a perfect next step! ----- Check out the Sections on our Homepage for the series we are working on: https://www.youtube.com/c/MadeInHistory Lvl 1: HISTORY OF THE WORLD https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWQkkziGGfe7hVpRMyeozS5RHcMVQwcJ Lvl 2: TIME PERIOD MEGA-DOCUMENTARIES https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWQkkziGGfeaFYBIWUy8l2xmlesX7MFh ----- All images used with CC license. #carthage #Rome #PunicWars #AncientHistory #HistoryDocumentary #RomanRepublic