hi everyone. for a while now i have been working on a timeline that involves carthage winning the second punic war, and the events that follow up to the present day. this is the first time i have written this timeline and it is also my first timeline. Criticisizm is welcome so i can make this scenario accurate.
anyways:
The Battle of the Metaurus was a pivotal battle in the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, fought in 207 BC near the Metaurus River in Italy.
The Carthaginians were led by Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal Barca who was supposed to bring the siege equipment and reinforcements needed in order for Hannibal to defeat Rome. The Roman armies were led by the consuls Marcus Livius, who would later be nicknamed the Salinator, and Gaius
Claudius Nero had just fought Hannibal in Grumentum, some hundreds kilometers south of the Metaurus river, and reached Marcus Livius with a forced march which went unnoticed by both Hannibal and Hasdrubal, so that the Carthaginians suddenly found themselves outnumbered.
What if Hasdrubal had been able to sneak past these two consular armies and successfully join Hannibal in his siege of Rome?
207 BC: Hasdrubal has just reached Rome, with his siege engines and reinforcements swelling Hannibals army, The Siege of Rome starts. The two consular armies to the northeast rush to engage Hannibal and the first battle of Rome starts. Hannibal being Hannibal results in a victorious battle and the capturing of the two consuls. A desperate Rome recalls Publius Scipio from Africa to defend his homeland.
6 Months later Publius arrives in Italy, the siege is going well. Hannibal awaits Scipio's army. Three days later the Second Battle of Rome begins, and a historical victory takes place. Just as all hope seems lost for Hannibals army, Publius uses a Cannae type tactic slowly encircling Hannibals army, all of a sudden Hasdrubal charges his Iberian cavlary from the behind breaking the army in two and creating panic and confusion in the Roman army. Hannibal orders his left and right flank to break off from eachother and encircle each side of the Roman army. Hannibal wins and takes Scipio captive. Hannibal offers peace, but Scipio reluctantly refuses stating there will be no peace with savage barbarians.
The Siege of Rome continues and in 9 months the city walls break and intense street fighting begins. Hannibal in honor of his oath he took as a boy orders the city to be set ablaze. It is said that as the city burned Hannibal sat next to his brother as he stated that this was the finest moment in all of his life. With the Roman Republic officially dissolved, a fierce guerilla war started, with its leader as Fabius Maximus the Delayer.
Hannibal and his brother set out towards Neapolis in hope to finally convince the city to join him. Fabius beats him there. The Battle of Neapolis starts and Fabius created a great strategy that many historians agree would have worked if the legions he was commanding weren't a bunch of underly trained new recruits. Hannibal wins the battle but Fabius retreats without loosing too many men. Fabius retreats to Ancona where the finally promised army from Macedonia arrives to reinforce Hannibal's army. As Fabius attempts to retreat into the sea by a Roman fleet vowing he will return, he is ambushed by Macedonian quinqueremes. The battle of Ancona starts, the legionaries loaded on the ships are forced to fight a naval battle while the ones still fleeing are forced to engage Hannibal's army in the city. Fabius could not afford to lose but his army was vastly outnumbered and his fleet was mostly composed of none military galleys.
In the end the dream of Rome was officially destroyed and the remant of the Republic was wiped out the following year, through a series of sieges and city fights. After Italy was taken care of Hannibal went back to Iberia and fell like the wrath of god upon the Iberians, he ensured they would never think to abandon Carthage again. His youngest brother Mago sent an army to Sicily where an agreement with the King of Syracuse, led to a jointly operated army that retook control of Sicily.
Hannibal returned to Carthage to see a group of grief srticken senators of the Hundred and Four where he demanded that the Aristocracy be disbanded or a use of force wil be used.
Hannibal himself claims that although he hated Rome, he greatly admired their political system. He hoped to modela new Carthaginian Empire off of the Roman political system. He first removed the Hundred and Four from power, and in admiration for Greek democracy, created a Senate and a Sophet, quite like that of a Parliamentary Democracy. Secondly he decentralized the Carthaginian capital and gave other region more voice in the empires government. And thirdly he kept the mercenary armies but created a citizen soldier empire, this was greatly despised by wealthy plantation owners such as Hanno the Great.
During this time there was two great parties that were strikingly different from eachother. The peace party promoted the old ways and the development of the economy led by Hanno The Great. The war party was led by Hannibal and promoted the expansion of the empire and the new reforms brought on by Hannibal.
Two goals were sought by each party. The Peace Party's goal was to restart the exploration led by Hanno The Navigator, and set up a colony on the Niger River to start mining gold. The War Party's goal was to attack Eygpt and gain the fertile Nile River. In the end the senate approved both objectives although underly funded. The New Colony along the Niger River was named Hananago, and Hannibal allied himself with Antiochus III of Seleucidia and got together an army to invade Eygpt...
anyways:
The Battle of the Metaurus was a pivotal battle in the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, fought in 207 BC near the Metaurus River in Italy.
The Carthaginians were led by Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal Barca who was supposed to bring the siege equipment and reinforcements needed in order for Hannibal to defeat Rome. The Roman armies were led by the consuls Marcus Livius, who would later be nicknamed the Salinator, and Gaius
Claudius Nero had just fought Hannibal in Grumentum, some hundreds kilometers south of the Metaurus river, and reached Marcus Livius with a forced march which went unnoticed by both Hannibal and Hasdrubal, so that the Carthaginians suddenly found themselves outnumbered.
What if Hasdrubal had been able to sneak past these two consular armies and successfully join Hannibal in his siege of Rome?
207 BC: Hasdrubal has just reached Rome, with his siege engines and reinforcements swelling Hannibals army, The Siege of Rome starts. The two consular armies to the northeast rush to engage Hannibal and the first battle of Rome starts. Hannibal being Hannibal results in a victorious battle and the capturing of the two consuls. A desperate Rome recalls Publius Scipio from Africa to defend his homeland.
6 Months later Publius arrives in Italy, the siege is going well. Hannibal awaits Scipio's army. Three days later the Second Battle of Rome begins, and a historical victory takes place. Just as all hope seems lost for Hannibals army, Publius uses a Cannae type tactic slowly encircling Hannibals army, all of a sudden Hasdrubal charges his Iberian cavlary from the behind breaking the army in two and creating panic and confusion in the Roman army. Hannibal orders his left and right flank to break off from eachother and encircle each side of the Roman army. Hannibal wins and takes Scipio captive. Hannibal offers peace, but Scipio reluctantly refuses stating there will be no peace with savage barbarians.
The Siege of Rome continues and in 9 months the city walls break and intense street fighting begins. Hannibal in honor of his oath he took as a boy orders the city to be set ablaze. It is said that as the city burned Hannibal sat next to his brother as he stated that this was the finest moment in all of his life. With the Roman Republic officially dissolved, a fierce guerilla war started, with its leader as Fabius Maximus the Delayer.
Hannibal and his brother set out towards Neapolis in hope to finally convince the city to join him. Fabius beats him there. The Battle of Neapolis starts and Fabius created a great strategy that many historians agree would have worked if the legions he was commanding weren't a bunch of underly trained new recruits. Hannibal wins the battle but Fabius retreats without loosing too many men. Fabius retreats to Ancona where the finally promised army from Macedonia arrives to reinforce Hannibal's army. As Fabius attempts to retreat into the sea by a Roman fleet vowing he will return, he is ambushed by Macedonian quinqueremes. The battle of Ancona starts, the legionaries loaded on the ships are forced to fight a naval battle while the ones still fleeing are forced to engage Hannibal's army in the city. Fabius could not afford to lose but his army was vastly outnumbered and his fleet was mostly composed of none military galleys.
In the end the dream of Rome was officially destroyed and the remant of the Republic was wiped out the following year, through a series of sieges and city fights. After Italy was taken care of Hannibal went back to Iberia and fell like the wrath of god upon the Iberians, he ensured they would never think to abandon Carthage again. His youngest brother Mago sent an army to Sicily where an agreement with the King of Syracuse, led to a jointly operated army that retook control of Sicily.
Hannibal returned to Carthage to see a group of grief srticken senators of the Hundred and Four where he demanded that the Aristocracy be disbanded or a use of force wil be used.
Hannibal himself claims that although he hated Rome, he greatly admired their political system. He hoped to modela new Carthaginian Empire off of the Roman political system. He first removed the Hundred and Four from power, and in admiration for Greek democracy, created a Senate and a Sophet, quite like that of a Parliamentary Democracy. Secondly he decentralized the Carthaginian capital and gave other region more voice in the empires government. And thirdly he kept the mercenary armies but created a citizen soldier empire, this was greatly despised by wealthy plantation owners such as Hanno the Great.
During this time there was two great parties that were strikingly different from eachother. The peace party promoted the old ways and the development of the economy led by Hanno The Great. The war party was led by Hannibal and promoted the expansion of the empire and the new reforms brought on by Hannibal.
Two goals were sought by each party. The Peace Party's goal was to restart the exploration led by Hanno The Navigator, and set up a colony on the Niger River to start mining gold. The War Party's goal was to attack Eygpt and gain the fertile Nile River. In the end the senate approved both objectives although underly funded. The New Colony along the Niger River was named Hananago, and Hannibal allied himself with Antiochus III of Seleucidia and got together an army to invade Eygpt...
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