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Discussions from Ancient Warfare Magazine. Why did early civilisations fight? Who were their Generals? What was life like for the earliest soldiers? Ancient Warfare Magazine will try and answer these questions. Warfare minus two thousand years.
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Carthage... was annihilated. Its streets, once filled with merchants and soldiers, became killing grounds. Its walls, once impenetrable, were torn apart stone by stone. Its people, once masters of the sea, were either slaughtered in the ruins of their homes or marched away in chains. The war was over, but this was not a victory. It was an execution. The city that had defied Rome for over a century no longer existed, and with it, an entire civilization was erased. There would be no rebuilding, no resurgence, no legacy beyond the scorched earth where it once stood.
Carthage. 149 B.C. - 146 B.C.
Roman Forces: 80,000 Infantry, 4,000 Cavalry.
Carthaginian Forces: City Forces: Unknown; Field Forces: ~25,000 - 30,000 Infantry.
Additional Reading and Episode Research:
- Dudley, D.R. Rome Against Carthage.
- Collon Translation: Picard, Gilbert. The Life and Death of Carthage.
- Abbott, Jacob. History of Hannibal of Carthage.
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