Quote Originally Posted by Intranetusa
"Looser was broke and had to sue for peace. "

Didn't Carthage sue for peace even though they had a vast amount of money left, enough money to hire many more mercenaries and enough money to pay the Romans a huge tribute for peace.

Carthaginian leaders = crap
And when was that? After the first punic war Carthage didnt have money to pay their mercenaries. This started "the merciless war" which Carthage barely survived. After the second punic war Carthage lost Iberia. And no Iberia = no money. And after the third war Carthage was no more. As for tribute, it wasn't paid all sum at once but in rates.