Carthage, founded by the Phoenicians of the…
585 BCE to 574 BCE
Carthage, founded by the Phoenicians of the Eastern Mediterranean but now only nominally under Tyrean control, becomes the Phoenicians' largest western colony after 580, because of its fine harbor and central location for western trade.
It has begun to expand throughout the western Mediterranean, colonizing western Sicily and parts of North Africa, Sardinia, the Balearics and Spain.