questions on carthage.

[Watchman]

AFAIK the Carthies' own archers went primarily into the navy, like the better part of their citizen-soldiery anyway. Numidians and such - who'd cheerfully copied the composite bow anyway - worked at least as well for the land armies.

That said, a Carthie citizen-archer unit would pwn the Toxotai six ways to Sunday. The old Middle Eastern composite war-bow vs. some lousy hunting shortbow ? No contest.

I know that it was long since the Phoenicians had been an independant power there, but wouldn't Carthage be able to at least train some other local unit? A little bit of a stretch, but what about Ioudea Taxeis? Or one of the eastern light infantry trio?

Point. Many factions' recruitement options outside their immediate "sphere of operations" is kinda so-so in general really. Probably more an oversight than anything else - given what the recruitement code is like, not surprising.