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After a brief but fierce storm sent up against the group at Juno's request, Aeneas and his fleet made landfall at Carthage after six years of wanderings.
Aeneas had a year-long affair with the Carthaginian queen Dido ( also known as Elissa ), who proposed that the Trojans settle in her land and that she and Aeneas reign jointly over their peoples.
A marriage of sorts is arranged between Dido and Aeneas at the instigation of Juno, who was told of the fact that her favorite city would eventually be defeated by the Trojans ' descendants, and Aeneas's mother Venus ( the Roman adaptation of Aphrodite ), who realizes that her son and his company need a temporary reprieve to reinforce themselves for the journey to come.
However, the messenger god Mercury was sent by Jupiter and Venus to remind Aeneas of his journey and his purpose, compelling him to leave secretly.
When Dido learned of this, Dido uttered a curse that would forever pit Carthage against Rome, an enmity that would culminate in the Punic Wars.
She then committed suicide by stabbing herself with the same sword she gave Aeneas when they first met.

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