Carthage wins the Battle of the Metarus River

I meant as in while Hannibal is still in Italy, another army from Carthage can be sent to Sicily/Corsica/Sardinia to give Rome even more of a headache, with its new found naval power it can challenge the remaining roman navy once more.
 
I would hope so...

I remember reading some of what's on this thread back in August, but another question is what ever happened to your TL, Equinox.:)
 
Is it just me or did Atreus post the same thing twice, because I think I've done that twice and still don't know how. Anyway I wasn't able to post for a while, but now that I can I'll post my interest here every now & time.:D
 
Is it just me or did Atreus post the same thing twice, because I think I've done that twice and still don't know how. Anyway I wasn't able to post for a while, but now that I can I'll post my interest here every now & time.:D

I think the board does that sometimes, I remember seeing this before. But it seems to have stopped by now.
 
I would hope so...

I remember reading some of what's on this thread back in August, but another question is what ever happened to your TL, Equinox.:)

I havent forgotten about it, i have just been busy with school and such and i have been delaying it. I think i have a good idea as to what i am going to do with the rest of it so i will be continuing very soon.

No one seemed interested in it. Even when I asked people to vote on trial of Nero, and then had Hannibal cripple Rome. So I kind of Forgot. If you want, I can revive this.

you better.. or else...:)
 
Well, I'll be waiting, when you continue it Equinox. Also, speaking about continuing a TL I just posted my "sort of rough draft," about a Fifth Voyage of Columbus part of my Cortés The God? TL. It's the link in my Signature. Oh, and also.:D
 
No, it was just a smiley for the sake of it. Like this :) or :D. It was only because at the time, I hadn't thought of anything to make that post seem ended.
 
Carthaginian victory at the Metarus has always intrigued me. I concurr with those who see Mago evacuating Spain and landing in Italy, most likely in Liguria or Etruria. In the true TL Mago had been given orders to land in northern Italy and try to link up with Hannibal. It only makes sense that he would do that now as Hannibal and Hasdrubal are both close by. Hannibal left Hanno in Bruttium with an army, so those suggesting 2-3 fronts are on target I think:1) Liguria/Etruria 2) Central/Eastern Italy (Hannibal does not make an attempt on Rome) 3) Lucania/Bruttium.

War weariness was absolutely setting in. In 209 12 Roman colonies opted out of the war. The fact that some Etruscan towns were still ready to revolt when Mago landed demonstrates that the loss of Capua and Tarentum were not fatal to Hannibal's strategy. Scipio is certainly recalled. A showdown between Scipio and Hannibal was inevitable, but Hannibal has the edge here because unlike Zama, he still has a large veteren cavalry force. It's more likely that Hannibal is able to nudge Scipio into fighting on his terms than otherwise. Scipio does have a solid army-honed by years of fighting in Spain, plus he brings the best of his Spanish allied troops to the table.

A defeat of Hannibal means simply a prolonged conflict with Rome still emerging victorious.

A Scipio defeat likely brings peace on terms more favorable to Carthage: Rome evacuates Spain south of the Ebro and the Carthaginians leave Italy.
 
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