So I decided to play a bit of a hands-off campaign as Syracuse to see what Carthage and Rome would do. So far Hannibal has done decidedly very little in his campaign to crush Rome. It has been less Hannibal at the Gates and more Hannibal bums around New Carthage regardless of having a giant experienced army.
He did take make some moves towards the Rhone early in the game, conquering the remaining Roman client in Iberia in the process. Then the AI must have got cold feet or something, or distracted by trying to hold their possession in Iberia, along with gaining more I think, against the Iberian and Celt-Iberian tribes.
Oddly, Rome has been more threatening to Carthage than what Carthage has been to Rome so far. The Romans attempted an unsuccessful invasion of North Africa, conquering a couple of Carthaginian settlements, before being repulsed back by Carthage's Numidian allies.
With not much action to report beyond the Punic version of a cold hot war, Syracuse has decided to take the war to the Mediterranean and claim it in her own right. Starting with those pesky Libyans first and foremost in North Africa.
He did take make some moves towards the Rhone early in the game, conquering the remaining Roman client in Iberia in the process. Then the AI must have got cold feet or something, or distracted by trying to hold their possession in Iberia, along with gaining more I think, against the Iberian and Celt-Iberian tribes.
Oddly, Rome has been more threatening to Carthage than what Carthage has been to Rome so far. The Romans attempted an unsuccessful invasion of North Africa, conquering a couple of Carthaginian settlements, before being repulsed back by Carthage's Numidian allies.
With not much action to report beyond the Punic version of a cold hot war, Syracuse has decided to take the war to the Mediterranean and claim it in her own right. Starting with those pesky Libyans first and foremost in North Africa.