The King did not know who to trust. Other than a near relative, he was the only noble. His men were all young footsoldiers who were still loyal to him, rather than Carthaginian coin. Only a small few had actual arms (shield and sword). The others had only knives and hunting weapons like slings and bows.
We struck quickly, and took a small town along the coast. It had been ours, once, but Carthage took it from our ancestors. It was now returned to its rightful owners.
A little further along the same coast was a larger settlement, Hippo.
Under guise of marching to fulfill Carthage's odious demands for men, we struck quickly before the governor suspected anything.
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The people of the settlement were frightened to see our lord abruptly overthrow the Carthaginian puppet who had been controlling them.
Possibly taking us for raiders from a foreign land, they offered us coin to leave them alone. This we were glad enough to do.
We quickly liberated two small settlements (groups of buildings, really) that were on the outskirts of Carthage's direct power.
Then we stood outside the great city itself. Carthago.
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Our King demanded their surrender. They laughed. He ordered the attack.
The timing was good. The soldiers had left to Iberia and Sicily on war - where we would have gone had our king been cowardly (sane, some would later say).
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Our King had the senate of the Carthaginians gathered together at sword- (and knife-) point.
Understandably, they demanded an explanation for our "barbarianism" as though we had not taken over their city.
Our King replied to them only one line:
"All your things belong to us!"
He then ordered them all killed.
Some of the local citizens did not at first understand our intent.
When we destroyed their Academy, it became obvious that we were not interested in simply turning into Carthaginians. The populace then had to be forcibly subdued.
Many of them were sent as slaves to Kirta. However, our King decided that Carthago was in a good location.
We had to secure Africa first, of course.
However, having overthrown our "masters", he had set his eyes upon that which had been fought over so often, and so many of our kinsmen had marched off to, never to be seen again.
Sicily, of course.
The "New Carthaginians" (as known by the Romans and Epirotes) were on the rise.
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(Yes, it's funny that the Enemy General Killed message seems to think the player faction is Carthage. Heh.)
[FOE] All Your Things Belong to Us - Update 7
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Originally Posted by Alavaria
.....and tbh I'm a little surprised how easily you romped through NA, especially on VH/VH.
