CARTHAGO

>>2759381
DELENDA

EST

>hey guys lets burn down this city while it's still in the process of paying reparations to us lmao

Was it autism?

>>2759402

Better to just destroy your rival and take their shit.

>>2759418
No it fucking isnt you tard. Squeezing reparations out of a major power and milking it economically is a constant revenue stream. A sacking is a one time thing. A client state relationship between the two would have ruled the fucking world by the time the 3rd century rolled around.

>>2759418

It's like we learned nothing from Colonialism

hint - it's not worth the time or effort

>>2759684

>Squeezing reparations out of a major power and milking it economically is a constant revenue stream.

Until they start fucking with you again.

The rule to live by is if you're going to hit someone, either hit them so hard they never get back up, or don't hit them at all.

The Romans didn't want Carthaginian money, they wanted Mediterranean primacy, and they got it.

>>2759746

>hint - it's not worth the time or effort

The Roman empire was very different to 19th century colonialism, and seeing as they had North Africa for literally hundreds of years I'd say it paid off.

>>2759684
Implying Rome didn't rule the world in the 3rd century...