Carthage

Carthage was an ancient city in an area that would much later become Tunisia.

Troilus and Cressida left Troy and had settled in an ancient version of Carthage by 1164 BC. Years later, their two sons were born and grew up with them there. (AUDIO: Frostfire)

The real city of Carthage, which would have become famous in years to come as the enemy of Rome, was later founded by Princess Elissa and her brother, Pygmalion in 814 BC. Elissa offered Ian Chesterton to stay with her as her new husband, but he refused; this would later prove the source of the ancient tale of Dido and Aeneas - when in fact, as the First Doctor said, the actual Aeneas lived three centuries earlier. (AUDIO: The Phoenicians)

According to Procopius, the Battle of Ad Decimum led to the capture of Carthage in the 6th century. (AUDIO: The Secret History)

According to the First Doctor, the city was destroyed by Arabs in the year 648. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Crusaders)

Behind the scenes

 * In real world history, the destruction of Carthage occurred in 698, fifty years later than in the Doctor Who universe.