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If Hannibal had destroyed Rome in the third Punic War, would Carthage have been capable of matching Rome's role and legacy in Western Eurasia? Needless to say predicting the details of such a civilization would be rather ridiculous, but hypothesizing generalizations is less so.

I doubt it's capacity to have same degree of influence, due to it's not being positioned to expand as far North into Europe as Rome was, as well as it's being more mercantile then militaristic. But it should play some role in the cultural vacuum left by Rome.
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