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According to Cassius Dio:
The Carthaginians, fearing capture, first made overtures to the consul, in the hope that they might by some satisfactory arrangement secure his withdrawal and so escape the danger of the moment. But since they refused to retire from all Sicily and from Sardinia, to release the Roman captives free of cost and to ransom their own, to make good all the expenses incurred by the Romans for the war and also to pay more as tribute each year, they accomplished nothing. Indeed, in addition to those just mentioned, there were the following demands which displeased them: they were to make neither war nor peace without the consent of the Romans, were to keep for their own use not more than one warship, yet come to the aid of the Romans with fifty triremes as often as notice should be sent them, and were not to be on an equal footing in some other respects. In view, then, of these demands, they decided that the truce would mean their utter subjugation, and they chose rather to fight with the Romans.

And handily, someone has compiled a nice overview of the historiagraphy of Regulus’s dealings with the Carthaginians:
https://www.uvm.edu/~bsaylor/rome/regulus.html

Anyway, lets assume that a treay is worked out. Maybe Regulus manages to win over the Numidians. Maybe he adjusts his demands down just a little, or is at least willing to negotiate on some of the points. In particular, it would make sense for the Romans to give a little on the ship limit if they expected the Carthaginians to accept it, since these terms also expect the Carthaginians to supply ships to Rome.

These terms, while unbearably harsh to Carthage, would likely save it a lot of grief in the long term. Not nearly as much acrimony between Carthage and Rome, and Carthage could likely get back to its mercantile endeavors and leave the costly business of war to the Romans. They did, after all, manage to prosper after the Second Punic War. Either way, Carthage isn’t destroyed in this scenario.
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