(i looked for /c/shittyaskhistory and it doesn't seem to exist)

it wasnt puny wars, it was punic wars. their pun game was too strong. rome was regularly humiliated by clever wordplay and their best and brightest could only come up with a retort like "well your face is an ass!"

so there was no choice, they had to destroy carthage.

I thought it was the pubic wars, a hairy affair.

Trade. Rome feared losing control of its economy, so they covered up their deficiency by declaring war. By taking Carthage, or at least, destroying it, they would remain the undisputed dominion regardless of what anybody else thought.

Sound familiar? That's because it's a tried and true method of hiding your fuckups on a global scale. So if you see some major power declaring war for no real reason, then know they're stuck deep in the shitter and the war is their struggle out.

Also, I have no idea what I'm talking about. I just remembered Carthage had nice ships and everything else just rolled from there.

Once a roman reaches the carthage they can be drafted into wars which were deemed too insignificant and their family wouldn't be compensated in the event of their death