At the end of the three Punic Wars, Carthage was eventually sacked and destroyed by the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, and Rome was elevated to Carthage's position as the greatest Mediterranean Empire.

在三次布匿战争结束时，迦太基最终被罗马将军斯比奥·阿米尼林斯洗劫并摧毁，罗马就替代了迦太基作为最伟大的地中海帝国的地位。