This have not calmed the Romans and to avoid the Carthaginians to assemble a fresh army, the senate has order all the legions to attack Africa and crush their rivals once and for all! CARTHAGINIAN CAMPAIGN :įor many decades of years the great city of Carthage was the most powerful in the known world ! Its empire was far greater that anyone would imagine. The Roman victory has forced the remaining Carthaginian army to flee away from the Hispanic continent and assemble over their African capital. Rome at this time has already conquered Europe and claimed victory once more. Though the Romans have predicted this and a territory grabbing " has begun resulting the 2nd Punic war. However Carthage wasn't going to leave their dominant over the Mediterranean just like that and they have focused over the Spanish peninsula. At the same time the empire of Carthage lost another two major islands, that of Corsica and Sardinia. The Carthaginians were not prepared for war and that resulted to leave Sicily over the Romans. That had as result for the 1st Punic war to start. They have assembled an army and they were sent to Sicily under a false reason. The Romans seeing the great power of Carthage, has resulted for the senate to take action. The Romans soon decided that to ensure a great economical power they had to deal with their Carthaginian rivals and that resulted of the Punic war to begin. They were expert on siege and re-organizing their losses over battle. They were ambitious and very focus on their goals.
Though at the same time the city of Rome had begun to rise and very fast it was growing into a very strong faction.
Also Carthage had a great power of navy ,loyal soldiers and vast amounts of mercenaries that they ensure the safety of the empire to anyone that dared to threat. With great trade routes throughout the Mediterranean sea the Carthaginian people were literally swimming among gold and also slaves poured this magnificent empire and that results to its might. Carthage at that era was at the top of its glory and it was the greatest power for its time. Nemesis of the Roman empire, takes place during the Punic Wars (264 to 146 BC), a war between the Carthaginian empire and the Roman Empire.
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