The port of Carthage was the largest in the ancient world. An impressive circular site, it had huge inner and outer walls that were accessed via a canal. The inner wall harboured Carthage’s fleet of warships, as well as a repair dock and the palace of the head of the Carthaginian navy. The outer wall housed the huge merchant fleet that brought the wealth of the Mediterranean world to Carthage. Little remains of the ancient port of Carthage today. The ruins found in Tunisia are those of a Roman port built after the destruction of Carthage.
