Quote Originally Posted by Ludens View Post
Perhaps not in 200 B.C., but in 272 B.C. the enmity between Roma and Carthage had not started yet. Also, wasn't Emperor Septimus Severus from Libya?
True, but seeing as I don't think there´s a single recorded event in which the Romans allowed a non-Roman to control a Roman army, I'd be perfectly happy if the Romans didn't get access to any foreign ethnicities at all.