(a) The Carthaginians were the descendants of the Phoenicians who excelled in seafaring and trade.
(b) After the defeat and destruction of the Carthage in the Third Punic War, Rome emerged as an unrivalled power in the western world.
(c) Rome and Carthage united to drive out the Greeks.
(d) Hannibal was a general who defeated the Roman army and made a great part of Italy a desert.