A Golden Palm

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A Golden Palm

"Bell, book, and candle, shall not drive me back,
When gold and silver becks me to come on."

William Shakespeare

“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”

Psalm 91

EB 0.8, Karthadastim, VH/M
No pursuit after a victory
No elephant use in sieges
<25% mercenary use
Maximum Roleplay
All numbers multiplied by 10, except Mnai and ships.

Chapter 1: To lead a horse to water


“We have slaved long enough for our country, we have attempted to live peacefully and our illusions were dispelled by the encroaching Hellenes, who destroyed so many of our colonies. We were forced to act, and so we have begun some expansion to secure our holdings, but this is not enough!



Our power has been rocked and shaken by Pyrrhos and his Syracusan allies, our farmers are attacked by Numidian raiders and barbarian Africans who overstep their independence and our Spanish colonies are not secure.

We, therefore must stabilise ourselves. We must either leave Sicily or

“Hear, hear!”
“Shut up, Hanno.

Take all of it. I believe that economic security, which goes hand in hand with military security, must come from a great expansion west, and the seizure of more African and Spanish mines – the coasts, being easier to resupply, will serve for this purpose.


We must eradicate all brigands in our harshly to set an example for all others, and inflict at least one crushing defeat upon another world power to prove that we are not ripe for picking. I believe that no less than fifty-thousand men should serve as regular soldiers for us, our armouries and stables will rival those of Solomon of old!

Let us not forget the sea so vital to us. To command our colonies we need to command the waves. The only way to do this is to eradicate all piracy in the Western Mediterranean and have at least twenty squadrons of ships available for command, Carthage must have the finest docks in the world.

There is nothing that will come to us without our culture dominating our auxiliaries, I desire that great schools and grand temples be present in our city, with temples set up elsewhere, our maps should be more extensive than those of any other. Similarly, our colonies must grow so that they may become less reliant on us.


Gentlemen, we have our friends


, we have our enemies


And we have the backing of Baal-Hammon!”

Speech of Hanno the great to the council in December 273 BC, interpretations added in brackets.

Targets

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Territorial goals: possess all or no provinces in Sicily, possess all islands in Western Mediterranean, possess west coast of spain, possess African coastal provinces of Tingis, Sala and Siga (west of Ippone)

Military goals: all brigands and enemy forces in own territory defeated, raze or enslave one enemy capital/major city or win an heroic victory within enemy territory, five thousand soldiers of a decent quality (Libyan spearmen/Iberian Caetrati or better) highest level factional MIC in Kart-Hadast

Naval goals: No pirates or enemy fleets west of Italy, possession of the maximum level trade and military docks in Kart-Hadast, 20 ships

Cultural goals: constant exploration, map information of all Europe (save Britain) and Western Africa, highest level temple and school in Kart-Hadast, at least level 3 main building in all other cities (6,000 population).

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Targets - Military
Syracuse + Mediterranean Islands: Hold Lilibeo, Messana, Syrakousai, Karali, Alalia and Bocchoris
Africa: Hold Tingis, Siga, Ippone, Kart-Hadast, Adrumeto and Lepki
Spain: Hold Gader, Mastia, Ars&#233; and Emporion
No bandits on the roads in Carthaginian provinces.
No pirates in Western Meditarranean.

Targets - Scientific
Gain maximum level trader and docks in Kart-Hadast
Gain at least one maximum level temple of Ba'al
Gain at least one maximum level temple of Melqart

Targets - Exploration
Locate all regions of Spain, Gaul (inc. Bratosporios, Vesontio and Aventicos), Italy, Greece, Illyria, Dalmatia and Africa as far east as Augila. Also acquire map information from the Ptolemaic dynasty and the Seleucids.

Chapter 2: Aliquis Ultor
Targets

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Targets - Military

Syracuse + Mediterranean Islands: Hold Lilibeo, Messana, Syrakousai, Karali, Alalia, Bocchoris, Krete, Rhodes and Kypros
Africa: Hold Tingis, Siga, Ippone, Kart-Hadast, Adrumeto, Lepki, Sala, Tuat, Cydaus, Carama, Augila and Kyrene
Italy: Hold Rhegion and Taras, hold or subdue Rome, Capua, Arpi, Arretium, Ariminium, Bononia and Segesta
Spain: Hold or subdue (held by protectorate) Gader, Mastia, Ars&#233;, Emporion, Baikor, Sucum-Murgi, Numantia, Pallantia, Oxtraca and Tyde
Gaul: Hold or Subdue Tolosa, Burdigala and Massalia
The Levant: Hold Tyre and Hierosolyma

Targets - Scientific
Maximum level traders, military buildings and docks (both trade and military) in Carthage
Two other maximum level docks (trade) and traders
At least one maximum level temple of each deity.
Second level temple of Ba'al in Hierosolyma
Second level temple of Melqart in Sidon
Possession of at least four full stacks of standing armies. At least one quarter of these must be Punic citizens. Only one quarter may be composed of 'generic' mercenaries.
Possession of a full standing fleet

Targets - Exploration
Locate G&#225;wj&#225;m-Bastarnoz, Kallatis, Carrodunum and Ascaucalis, as well as all other European and Greek cities west of them (except the British Isles), locate Armavir, Kotais, Karkathiokerta, Edessa, Palmyra and Dumatha, as well as all Asian cities west of them. Acquire map information from the Cass&#233;, Saka-Rauka, Sauromatae, Baktrians, Pahlavans and Sabeans.