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Carthage was the western Mediterraneans first superpower, long before Rome, and her military history was powerful, eventful, and chequered even before her Punic Wars against Rome. Although characterized in the surviving sources and modern studies as a pre
To say the Punic Wars (264-146 BC) were a turning-point in world history is a vast understatement. These vicious battles pitted two flourishing Mediterranean powers against one another, leaving one an unrivaled giant and the other a literal pile of ash. T
Scipio Africanus (235183 BC) commanded his first army at the age of 25, led a daring invasion in Africa to personally defeat Hannibal and secured Romes dominance over the Mediterranean. In ten years of command he never lost a battle, employing bold strate