Carthage overpowered?

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Not over-powered but defineately a challenge.

In my game as the Romani i eventually captured all the settlements of Carthage with the exception of 3 provinces they control in the sahara region.I felt the effort wasn't worth it and besides the Avernii have now started attacking northern Italy and Macedon have just stabbed me in the back.

See........i made a fatal mistake it seems.I didn't realise that Macedon was as powerful as it in fact is.I have a long supply line down the Adriatic coast to my all the former Epirote cities of Greece and Macedon have just decided it was too tempting a target what with my having just one family member with a full stack in the whole area.A dozen battles later and the family member is dead and despite the huge casualties inflicted on the Macedonians they still have maybe 6 full stacks in the area and are now rolling up the coast towards nothern Italy.

Now for my truely big mistake.I pull my veteran stacks bar one out of Africa and head for Italy and Greece and no sooner am i embroiled in a monster war with Macedon(where ARE those stacks coming from) than Egypt decides to attack Lepki.

Oh..........and what is this i see?Could this be 3 stacks of Carthagenian troops coming out of the Sahara?................oh it is.

Great mod and great challenge.Just at the point in a vanilla campaign when you would be quiting from boredom EB kicks you in the crotch.Now i'm off to get ice........