This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic War (c. 250 B.C.) and as a result was not rebuilt by the Romans. The remains constitute the only example of a Phoenicio-Punic city to have survived. The houses were built to a standard plan in accordance with a sophisticated notion of town planning.
See:
- http://lexicorient.com/tunisia/kerkouane.htm
- Sabatino Moscati, The Phoenicians, I.B.Tauris, 2001 , pp. 211 ff
