Carthaginian Expansion

(c. 650 B.C.) Carthage becomes independent from Phoenicia(c. 2,500 B.C.) Phoenicia, a maritime empire, established along the coasts of modern day Lebanon, Syria, and northern Israel, with its main center of ... more in the Eastern Mediterranean and asserts its power and control over other Phoenician colonies in the Western Mediterranean. Carthage went on to establish colonies of its own and to become the main center of power in the Western Mediterranean for several centuries until defeated by Rome.