Utica

Utica, an ancient city of North Africa, 20 miles NW. of Carthage, originally founded as a Phœnician colony in 1101 B.C. Its ruins include an amphitheatre, an aqueduct, and the remains of quays; for a bay then carried the sea (now nearly 10 miles distant) to the site. During the third Punic war Utica submitted to Rome, and became the capital of the province of Africa. Afterwards it was the see of a bishop, till its destruction by the Arabs. Here the younger Cato (q.v.) killed himself.