In her grief she killed herself, cursing Aeneas and his descendants as she died.Ĭarthage - the name means ‘new town’ - continued to flourish, a Phoenician colony that outgrew and survived its parent land. Even in the days of legend there was a link with Rome, because Aeneas of Troy, the father to the Romans, was the lover of Dido and then abandoned her.
By tradition, Carthage was founded by Queen Dido who had fled from the city of Tyre in Phoenicia after her husband was killed by her brother.
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