Quote Originally Posted by Titus Marcellus Scato View Post
But the Romans did hate Carthage more than most other enemies due to Hannibal's exploits in Italy. Also they hated the Carthaginian religion, which involved human sacrifice, which Romans thought was barbaric.

Rome didn't always respect local religions. Look how they treated the Druids in Britain - wiped them out.
Rome did indeed hate Carthage; but that was in history, not in the OP's campaign. If he won an easy victory over Carthage there is no reason why he should treat Carthage harsher than other cities.

I wrote that Romans left religions alone "unless these became focal points of rebellion".

For the record: the Romans were not entirely opposed to human sacrifice. They did it themselves after Cannae. And their resistance is somewhat hypocritical to modern eyes, as the Romans did celebrate human slaughter in the form gladiatorial games (which also had a religious origin).