A Great War for Antiquity

The thing is that Carthage won't be able to do more than conquer Rome, that way the Roman Republic as is would be balkanized most likely and overthrown by natives in Gaul, Germania, Macedonia, and most of the Balkans. Rome just has to cripple Carthage for it to lose. This kind of means it is a lot easier for Rome to gain than Carthage because Rome is hard to get at.
 

Gaius Julius Magnus

Gone Fishin'
Tradjedy Hits Carthage
When Hannibal II learned of his son's death and defeat at the hands of the Romans he went into a rage. "The heads of every Roman who has ever walked this world will never sastify my grief" he was purported to have said. Hannibal had loved his son greatly and the greif would become to much for him to bare. He took his own life a week after hearing the news and left no clear heir to assume his role as Suffette, many members in the Popular Assembly used this to their advantage. Two days after Hannibial's suicide the Popular Assembly declared the popular upstart Milkyaton to be the new Suffette. This would be the first time since Hannibal the Great that a non Barcid was made Suffette. He was twently years younger than Hannibal II had been and had never seen combat but he was an impressive orator and rouser of men. Whether Milkyaton had what it took to lead a nation, at nation at war, remained to be seen.​
 

Gaius Julius Magnus

Gone Fishin'
Civil Unrest
Milkyaton's upstart appointment as the new Suffette of Carthage was a dangerous move by the Popular Assembly. Both the Barcid Family and Sacred Guard felt wronged by their exclusion from the appointment of this new upstart. Hannibal II's brother, Hamilcar, rallied against this injustice and stormed the Popular Assembly Hall with the Sacred Guard arresting Milkyaton and the majority of the assembly. For the anti-Barcid faction this was a gold mind of propaganda. The Suffette may have been supreme commander of the Carthage but the common folk always saw the Assemblymen as sacrosanct. This mass arresting of the Assemblymen was used as condemned by a good many of the Carthaginian population. Milkyaton, supposedly, had written letters and them snuck out of his prison to be read to the populace which rallied them against the Barcid family. Riots would break out in the streets between pro and anti Barcid factions.

The Sacred Guard would be what kept the Barcid palace from being overrun by rioters. The situation would become so bad that troops sent off to fight the Romans on the front lines would be kept back to end the violence. Seeing he had made a mistake and under pressure from his allies in the Assembly, Hamilcar allowed for the release of certain members of the Senate, including Milkyaton. Milkyaton was then made co-Suffette with Hamilcar to further satisfy his allies and foes in government.
 
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