1 checking accounts, 2  negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) accounts, 3  savings accounts, 4  money market deposit accounts (MMDAs), 5  certificates of deposit (CD) and other time deposits, and.  official items issued by a bank (such as cashier's checks or money orders).
Carthage was a prosperous ancient city on the north coast of Africa (in modern Tunisia) that was founded by Phoenicians.
The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under Carthaginian control. At the start of the first Punic War, Carthage was the dominant power of the Western Mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire.