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The contrasting themes and traditions in Classical and Baroque Sculpture

Reason 4

The Carthaginian war machine:

-predominantly used mercenary armies

-fought Rome

-Mercenary war (rogue mercenaries) after First Punic War

-under Hamilcar and Hannibal, mercenaries became private army to Carthage

-only used citizen soldiers during the Punic wars in Africa

-Numidian cavalry units better than Roman contemporaries