First Carthaginian Civil War
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The First Carthaginian
| Your War Summary | |
|---|---|
| Date: | 145 BCE-143 BCE |
| Locations: | North Africa (Algeria, Libya, Tunisia) |
| Outcome: | whose victory, etc etc. |
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| Military: | number of military deaths dead |
| Civilian: | number of civilian deaths dead |
| Total: | total number of deaths dead |
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| First Alliance/Group/Faction in the War | Second Alliance/Group/Faction in the War |
| 1st player (Team A) 2nd player 3rd player 4th player 5th player 6th player 7th player 8th player 9th player 10th player |
1st player (Team B) 2nd player 3rd player 4th player 5th player 6th player 7th player 8th player 9th player 10th player |
Four Chieftains
Hanno the Red was the only warlord of the four chieftains to be from the city of Carthage and one of only two from Carthaginian Africa. The nephew of Hasdrubal the Boeotarch, commander during the Siege of Carthage. Due to his native status and lineage, Hanno quickly garnered favor among Carthaginians. More were converted to his side as Hanno attempted to avoid warfare at all costs, instead utilizing diplomacy to subdue rival forces. Hanno led the largest faction of the four chieftains, approximately twice as large as the second largest, Itzal the Basque's.
Itzal the Basque was descended from a Basque mother and an Iberian Carthaginian father. Following Roman persecution of the Iberian people in the second century BCE, Itzal's family fled to Carthage. Though Itzal lived in Carthage from the age of three until twenty-six, at which time Carthage was destroyed, he was accused by many of being a foreigner, a Basque nationalist and a Roman sympathizer. Despite his criticism, Itzal was known for his charisma and his military prowess. Itzal's faction, despite it's smaller size, controlled more territory than Hanno and Gaius combined.
Kanmi of Tyre, a prominent statesman and retired Carthaginian general in Roman Tyre, was approached by Rome to perhaps lead a Tyrian company against Carthage. Kanmi politely rejected the Roman offer, but furtively began amassing a small force of Carthaginian loyalists to aid the refugee's effort. Upon suspicion of a Roman mole in his ranks, Kanmi departed Tyre early with only a small force of several hundred, semi-trained soldiers. Upon finding the Carthaginian state in chaos, he decided to conquer it by either diplomacy or force, setting out to subdue the various warlords.
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