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Scipio Takes Command (Part 2)

Posted on August 12, 2008 by 100swallows

The Carthaginian commander of New Carthage, Mago by name, had only a thousand soldiers to defend the city, and most of them were mercenaries. Unlike Rome, Carthage never had its own citizen army. He decided to keep them at their … Continue reading →

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