Tell me about Carthage, /his/. What was she like before the R*mans

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>>3238550
lack of shades kinda fucks it

>>3238525
Had a really impressive harbor and was quite rich. One of the greatest loser societies of all time though--they got BTFO by the Greeks, and then BTFO'd again three times in a row by the Romans. Pretty much the Rodney Dangerfield of the ancient world

>>3238564
To be fair that third time was less a powerful nation getting BTFO and more the struggling dying breath of a nation getting leveled by what was an ascending superpower.

why did they hate Rome so much? I doubt they would get totally destroyed instead of just conquered if they didn't try to destroy Rome with Hannibal

>>3238584
because they directly competed for trade and resources in the same general area. generally speaking any strong state tends to try and fuck up it's strongest neighbors.