Description

Carthage was one of the great ancient civilizations and at its peak the wealthy Carthaginian empire dominated the Mediterranean against the likes of Greece and Rome with commercial enterprises and influence stretching from Spain to Turkey In fact at several points in history it had a very real chance of replacing the fledgling Roman empire or the failing Greek poleis citystates altogether as master of the Mediterranean Although Carthage by far preferred to exert economic pressure and influence before resorting to direct military power and even went so far as to rely primarily on mercenary armies paid with its vast wealth for much of its history it nonetheless produced a number of outstanding generals from the likes of Hanno Magnus to of course the great bogeyman of Roman nightmares himself Hannibal