Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part II: The African Backbone (opens in new tab)

This is the second part (I) of our series looking at the structure of the Carthaginian army. As we discussed last time, while Carthage has an unfair reputation for being an ‘un-military’ society, its military system was one of the highest performing in the ancient Mediterranean, able to produce vast and effective armies waging war … Continue reading Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part II: The African Backbone →