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Yes. The Carthaginians were the only serious competition with the Roman Republic for control of the Mediterranean area. The Gauls were too disorganized, and the Hellenes had fallen into decay. Carthage was destroyed at the end of the Third Punic War in 146 BC, also recognized by historians as the year in which the Republic began to die.
