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I noticed there are few threads involving an early Carthaginian empire, most focusing on the campaigns of Hannibal which I personally feel are a bit too late for a strong Carthage (that dream ended with the First Punic War imo), so I wanted to ask those of you who know what I'm talking about on the ramifications of King Hamilcar I of Carthage achieving victory over the coalition of Syracusan-Akragasi coalition at the Battle of Himera. There would be several clear ramifications of this, and here they are.

1. The Carthaginian Monarchy would not lose power to the Senate as happened in the aftermath of OTL's Battle of Himera, with the Senate increasingly taking power from the Kings. In the aftermath of a great victory in Sicily, Hamilcar's power at home may well even be increased further.
2. Carthage's army would still be a citizen's army based around hoplites, with some mercenaries of course, probably being influenced by Philip's reforms in the next few centuries and adopting the sword and thorax later on. This is because there would not be a large number of Carthaginian fighting men killed at this battle as there were in OTL, damaging the city's fighting strength and forcing it to use mercenaries.
3. Carthaginian power in Sicily would undeniably be increased further. Several Sicilian city-states such as Selinus, Himera, and Rhegion, with them most of the native Sicels and the Ionian Greeks in Sicily, sided with the Carthaginians, and would become their vassals in the aftermath of the win. Akragas would undeniably be conquered and sacked as Selinus wanted blood for Akragas' destruction of its mother city, Megara Hyblaea, and that brings us to the question of the consequences for Syracuse.

Always the most powerful state in Sicily up until the Punic Wars, Syracuse will have been brought to their knees by this loss. With no assistance available from the homeland due to a certain invasion happening there as well, the Carthaginians could either consolidate their positions, having restricted Syracuse's power to nowhere beyond the walls of their city, or avoid hedging their bets and take the chance to conquer all of Sicily, the Sicels and Ionians joining them for the chance to expel the Dorians from Sicily for the rest of time. Syracuse is, for the intents and purposes of this POD making Carthage the dominator of Sicily, captured by the alliance, and Carthage gains all power in Sicily.

Where does Carthage expand next? Magna Graecia? Spain? Massilia? Would love to hear your thoughts.
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