Situated in the suburbs of Tunis, the Carthage Theater stands as a major monument to Carthage, an ancient city destroyed by the Romans in 146 BCE, but later built in 44 BCE to become a great city in the Mediterranean. The Theater was thought to have been destroyed in 5 Century AD butunderwent several periods of restorations and renovations. Today, it hosts major international events such as the Carthage Festival of Art, and at one time it was thought to hold up to 5000 spectators.