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published on 28 April 2011. According to legend, Carthage was founded by the Phoenician Queen Elissa (better known as Dido) sometime around 813 BCE. The city (in modern-day Tunisia, North Africa) was originally known as Kart-hadasht (new city) to distinguish it from the older Phoenician city of Utica nearby.
Date of the Founding of Carthage: 1  According to Polybius (born c. 204 B.C.), the Greek historian Timaeus of Tauromenion (c. 357-260 B.C.), dated the founding of Carthage to 814 or 813 B.C. 2  Other ancient authors who wrote about Punic Carthage were: 3  Appian, 4  Diodorus, 5  Justin, 6  Polybius and. 7  Strabo.