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So looking through the major battles of the First Punic War, the Carthaginians lost a lot of battles where they actually outnumbered the Romans. Given the near-exhaustion of the Romans at the end of the war, I think the Carthaginians could have beaten the Romans if they could reliably win battles where they had superior numbers -surely this is not too much to ask.

With that out of the way, what would the future look like for the Mediterranean world with Roman primacy in the west undone? By my count, there are five Great Powers; Macedon, Egypt, and the Seleucids in the East, with Rome and Carthage in the west.

After a victorious Roman War, the Carthaginians would have naval dominance and control over Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. Would they extend their control in Spain like OTL? Would the Romans launch a war of revenge, as Carthage did OTL? Would Carthage be as down to fight the Successor states in the East as Rome was?
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