Absurdly weak Carthage!!!

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I lost Cordoba too in the early game and haven't reclaimed it yet but i have the Scipii reduced to just Capua(which they took back off me) and the Julii have only Segesta(i think)left to them.The Senate are long gone but the Brutii are masters of Greece,Dacia and Germania.However i have now laid siege to 2 Brutii cities on the toe of Italy and blockaded a lot of their ports.I'm finally getting the Romans under control.The beauty of all this is that the Eastern powers have had time to develop with-out the Romans ruining their whole day.Looks like i'll be having some battles with full strength Parthian and Scythian nations.
I withdraw my complaint about a weak Carthage.............BUT i still think that they are no hopers in the early game and that the AI will NEVER make a go of it with them.Pity.