Hehe yeah that would be so cute, hannibal a small child vowing vengence for his father
This part of your history is false, while Carthage does not use its own citizens for war rather it hires mercenaries using its limitless treasury.However this does not mean carthage has only a complete mercanery army, no! carthage forms mercaneries into infantry and calavary of its armies, while its own citizens the backbone of its armies where the Heavy Spear Infantry called "Poeni Infantry" meaning Phoeni(phoenician).These infantry carry large shields almost twice the size of a man and heavy long spears that can lock with there shields to form a carthaginian phalanx.These men are drawn from the Self Reliant carthaginian citizenry.The Mercinaries of carthage where not from africa they where drawn from Sicily,Gual,Berber Barbarian Warriors, and mostly Iberians.The african Mercinaries your talking about are the Numdians who where Tribes Of Kybles orginaly from Yemen and where the greatest horsemen in history.But they where not Black Africans they where Red Arabs from Yemen.The Elephants was something that the carthaginian borrowed from the Hellinc people(greeks who conqouered the persian).At one time carthage used mercenary Spear Men from Libya, but again thats "North Africa" made up of Berber Tribes not Black Africans of Central Africa and Southern Africa.The Calvary of carthage where the best in the world and unmatched and they where drawn from Numedia and from the carthaginian sacred band calavary.Onther unit, one of legendary status called the Sacred Band where the military Elite of carthage.At first they where only formed to fight the Greeks in Sicily, they where called the Sacred Band because there weapons and armor came from the "Temples of Bhaal" wich where sacred.The weapons where given to them by "Bhaal The Cloud Rider".The Sacred Band would later form into Officer corps for the carthaginian mercenary armies, most of sacred band where Females who before served as priestess for the Temples.
Your half right here, North Africa's Sun is the glory of Carthage and no other place does it shine more brightly then on those shores.The Carthaginians are not all white but more arab and Vin Diesil looks very Mediterranean, looks almost like my father to.But in no way where there skins black, infact most carthaginians where pale, I dont know why but in Tunis and in North Africa in general theres a real "Cultural Fear" of the sun, people tend to stay away from it and keep to the shades. Some of my neighbors in Algeria look pale as ice nobody goes into the sun its just way to hot a few seconds and it will burn your skin.
This is completly flase as well.First off iam going to tell you about the carthaginian goverment as it will give you a better understanding of what I will tell you later.Carthage created the system "The Republic".Before Queen Diedo left to wander the world as she has always done she entrusted the tribes of carthage to elect there own Leaders to form into a group of men(the Senators) who would rule the state of affairs of the city.The tribes would present A young men or woman at the ages of 17 to represent them as agents in the counsel.Each one depending on there experiance would have a level of responsibility over the counsel and each one had a certain role to play in the state of affairs in the city.More so the woman had more power in carthage and in fact where the dominate figures within the city.The Tempels of carthage have equal power.The Tempel of Bhaal protects the city and controls the military of carthage and kept united the ethnic groups of North Africa(berbers,arab yemens,Libyans,Phoenician,Warrior Tribes of the atlas mountains,).The Temple of Tanit is dedicated to Tanit the goddess of fertility also know as the pure goddess,the pale goddess, the white blood goddess.The Temple of Tanit Handels the many tribes of carthage and is worshiped to allow the souls of dead to rise to the "Throne Of Souls" where Tanit remains waiting for her sister Diedo to Return.The Temple of Milqart is dedicated to Milqart the god of trade and fortune or doom for carthage and is the patron god of the city.The Temple manages trade and the econemy of carthage.The temple also controls most of the ports on the coast and controls also the Fleets of Carthage.The population of Carthage is hundreds of Tribes Each one with an elected Agent in the Senate.
Carthage was a maritime city state.And like all city states(Troy,Sparta,Babylon,..etc) the people where more then just patriotic, or have a feeling of home toward there city, but more a deep Love For there city as if its the only thing in the world to them,The city has more value then the gods more value then the earth that it is on,every blade of grass every stone and drop of water is loved utterly by its people.Even the moon that reveals itself at night and the sun that rises at day is loved as part of the city alone.The Carthaginians where completly behind Hannibal, they praised his name in the city and threw festivals in his honor.When news came to Carthage that hannibal has crossed the alps the people Held a massive parade within the city.The Temples struggeled against the senate to send any kind of help to Hannibal, The sacred band where bared from the port of Carthage by the High Priest of Bhaal to keep them from going to Hannibal's aid and the fleets where withdrawn by the demands of the senate to protect Serdinia an island of no importance.So your Half right the Senate was completly Jealous of Hannibal and saw him as a threat to there power so they basicly Abandon him in italy to face of against rome himeself.When Hannibal having Distoyed seven roman armies was when he began to wain a bit while the romans just kept rasing more and bigger armies against him.When his brother got news of his dear brother surrounded(even tho hannibal cut off the roman Alliance in italy still the romans had enough to send at him) He quickly took a fleet of Tiriems to spain where he raised an army of 50,000 Iberian mercinaries and Rushed head long into rome to save his brother.It was a disaster the romans knew he was coming and sent two armies to ambush him and they did, his brother rushed in like a bull but the romans where waiting.They distroyed his army and captured him in wich case In a barbaric roman fashion they then Beheaded him and threw his head into Hannibal Barca's encampment as if to taunt him.The ancient historians can only describe him as a "Tearfull Hannibal".Having Lost his brothers and father to the romans he set out into what would be the greatest battle in history in vengence for his family He would distroy the romans at the battle of Cannae