Quote Originally Posted by penguinking
Well, Carthaginian society was hardly designed for maximum military effectiveness.
I think it was. It was much more potent, militarly speaking, than Sparta, even though it didn't encouraged their own population to bear arms and to get good at it like the Lambda guys. However, they dedicated themselves to produce excellent generals and admirals, and to produce money destined to buy and equip the best armies available.

I think it's a very effective society, militarly speaking. They just did it differently.