It was founded by the Carthaginians as Carthago Nova.
Cartagena was the birthplace of Isidore of Seville.
See also Cartagena de Indias, a city in Colombia.
... he was a Christian and possibly bishop of Croton. In approximately 580, he wrote "De origine actibusque Getarum[?]" (The origin and deeds of the Goths), "D ...