A New King, A New Carthage
Hasdrubal Barca
Hasdrubal Barca
Barcalona
Kingdom of Barca
Late 191
Kingdom of Barca
Late 191
Hasdubal sat in his throne room with a large smile on his face. In front of him was Maharbal, a king of a smaller kingdom straddling the Pyrenee Mountains. He had been the victim of Hasdrubal's latest campaign and reportedly almost died in a recent battle. That is probably why he is here, taking a knee to his new ruler. "It is with great sadness that I submit to your demands Hasdrubal. Your brother Hannibal would be proud of what you have done." he said.
"Leave Hannibal out of this. I am not him, and he is not me...I am my own man." Hasdrubal said. He had been compared to Hannibal for to long, now he was an Emperor in his own right. Hasdrubal turned to one of his aides to his right "Tenicus, notify the world that Iberia has been united, and the Kingdom of Barca is not the Empire of Hispania." he said. Tenicus nodded and ran off as Maharbal rose to his feet.
"Now what you plan on doing...Emperor." he said. He had a certain taste of bitterness in his voice when he said that, Emperor.
"I plan on taking Carthage! We cannot let our homeland stay under Roman vassalage." Hasdrubal boomed. He was getting annoyed not at the man in front of him, but at Rome.
"You know Rome is right now preoccupied fighting your brother in the East, near Grecia and Asia Minor last I heard[1]." Maharbal said with a smile.
"Hannibal went East...to the Seleucid's?" Hasdrubal thought. He had lost track of Hannibal after Carthage's surrender. "Then we must strike when they are pre-occupied. We must move through the place they call Narbonensis." Hasdrubal declared. One of his generals, Syphax spoke next.
"Hasdrubal if we provoke Rome we risk a repeat of the Punic Wars." he said worryingly.
Hasdrubal waved them away "They are too involved in Grecia to do anything, all we need to do is strike Rome itself and they will sue for peace." Hasdrubal said with a firm tone. He was going to subjugate Rome like his brother never did.