This city contained a hill citadel called the Byrsa, and its role as a trading center was supplanted by nearby Thapsus and Utica.
This city contained a hill citadel called the Byrsa, and its role as a trading center was supplanted by nearby Thapsus and Utica. Ships from this city lost at Mylae after their enemies used retractable planks to board them. A prominent family of this city founded the settlement which became Barcelona and sired a general who besieged Saguntum. Its name means "New City" in a Semitic language, and its army pioneered the double envelopment at Cannae before Scipio Aemilianus sacked this home of the Barca family. For 10 points, name this North African city at the center of a Mediterranean empire that clashed with Rome in three Punic Wars. 
This city contained a hill citadel called the Byrsa, and its role as a trading center was supplanted by nearby Thapsus and Utica.
Carthage [or Karthago; or Qart-hadast; or Kart-hadasht] 