Carthaginem esse delendam

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The Punic cothon of Carthage, in modern-day Tunisia, as it would have appeared in the 3rd century BCE compared to today (Zinedine Loucif auf Facebook).

Vor mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden sah das da besser aus.

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Dezember 8, 2021 | abgelegt unter Panorama, Science 

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3 Kommentare zu “Carthaginem esse delendam”

  1. Serdar Günes am Dezember 10th, 2021 10:42 a.m.

    Ich stelle mir gerne vor, wie die Welt heute aussehen würde, wenn nicht die Römer sondern Karthago endgültig gesiegt hätte.

  2. admin am Dezember 10th, 2021 11:53 a.m.

    Vielleicht hätte dann die Schlacht am Teutoburger Wald mit Elefanten stattgefunden. :-)

  3. Serdar Günes am Dezember 26th, 2021 4:48 p.m.

    Ich glaube eine Schlacht am Teutoburger Wald würde es gar nicht geben. Die Karthager waren keine Eroberer wie die Römer es waren. Karthago hätte wohl Wirtschaftsbündnisse geknüpft und so den Einfluß ausgedehnt.

    What if Carthage had won the Punic Wars?

    The first thing we would notice on this alternate timeline is that the European borders would be nothing like what we have today. After successfully seizing Rome, the Barcid family would have gained more power and prestige and Hannibal may have likely set his sights on conquering the Iberian Peninsula to consolidate the Barcid family lands in Spain.

    As Carthage valued gold overpower, they likely would have left Gaul, Germany, and Britannia intact, preferring to use them as political allies and trading partners. Therefore, Northern Europe would have continued to develop as independent states and maintained their pagan heritage.
    Meanwhile, without Rome to counter their growing power, the Greeks would have likely pushed further into Anatolia, with some speculators suggesting they may have even gotten as far as Egypt. As a result, we would probably have had a European map that is centered around Southern Europe, North Africa, and Italy. These three countries would have shared a stronger common identity, whereas Britain and Germany would have been largely insular. With no Rome to stop them, Germany would have likely taken East Gaul, and West Gaul would have maintained itself as an independent pagan state.

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