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Could the Carthaginians have won the Punic wars against Rome?

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It is difficult to see how the Carthaginians could have won any of the Punic Wars. Their losses came more from inherent Roman advantages than from any real mistakes they made. read more

Theoretically they could have won both the First and Second Punic wars, had the Romans played the usual rules of ancient warfare. The Greek city states in southern Italy had the same problem; with any other state you went out fought a battle or two, signed a treaty, paid a few reparations if you lost and that was that. read more

Rome had won the first Punic War by simply outlasting the Carthaginians in men and resources. The Romans had a potential manpower pool of around 700,000 men and were determined to win total victory no matter the cost. read more

Carthage could have won in the first or second punic wars if its noble and wealthy families had put more into the war effort, and if it hadn't relied so heavily on mercenaries. Rome ended up being much more willing to engage in 'total war' however. read more

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