Carthage

Drawing By EarlNoir

History

Carthaginians

The city Cartage was settled by Carthaginians. The exact date is unknown but myths say that Dido, queen of Carthage settled it. This civilization dominated trade and was a naval superpower.

Alexander the Great

When Alexander the Great wanted to conquer the city he was stopped multiple times by its navy. Nonetheless, after years of struggle, Alexander finally managed to infiltrate the city. Because they were able to fight him off so long he respected their talent... and their riches. He let them keep their way of life but levied tons of taxes on the city as revenge for wasting his time. This damaged the trade severely and pushed many into piracy.

When we give someone our time, we actually give a portion of our life that we will never take back. So I shall charge you for wasting my life!

_{-By Alexander the Great when he conquered Carthage}

Romans

When later the Romans would rise Carthage was but only a shell of its former self. The Diadochi Wars, the succession wars about who will gain Alexander's empire had caused the economy to crash and completely prevent any trade, because of this the Romans had no trouble defeating their ancient rival and had no need to punish them. When they read Greek texts about how prosperous this city used to be they rebuilt and reorganized the city creating a new golden age for the Carthaginians. Later on, The Roman empire claimed the western part of Alexander's empire.

Our old rivals are not our threat, enemies have become allies

_{-Scipio Africanus about Hannibal Barca}

Role in The Fall of The West

However in the decline of the empire under the rules Trajanus and the invasion of the Franks under the command of Clovis the Carthaginian navy would play a major role. The Roman emperor was caught fleeing Roma by a Carthaginian patrol en brought to the court of the governor of Africa, Hannibal VIII. He spread the news about the emperor fleeing and declared his independence. He will later be the one that demanded the execution of the emperor and his family. Later on, he would be the one accepting Clovis's proposal to invade Byzantium which resulted in a major defeat and losing most of the Carthaginian fleet.

Downfall

Sadly the next person that arrived through the gate was Justinian, and he was not someone that forgave treason (see The Nika Riots ). When he was restoring the empire Carthage stood no chance because of their still hadn't been rebuilt. He sacked and pillaged Carthage, salting with it as the Romans did in Clustrum but adding a Pluto's curse. He founded another city for the surviving civilians because it wasn't their fault.

Now

in 300 Pr the second son of the emperor Bard, Nickeratus, son of Demeter, Athena and Apollo is the governor of Eremus and Africa, they are wastelands and useless. He's trying to transform the wasteland into a fertile land to feed to the vastly growing population of the empire.

Geography

A sand/salt desert, because the salt has been exposed for 300 years it became grey. The landscape is filled with ruins of the once-great city of Cartage. You can't enter this area without full body protection because of the cursed salt. It absorbs any water it touches preventing any organism to live here. As humans consist mostly of water, it slowly dries them out and transforms them into a dried-up corpse, like a mummy. ensure you bring enough water with when crossing this area.

Fauna & Flora

Nothing grows here, any normal organism that dares walking on its soil will perish. There is a species named Maledictus locustam marinam that manages to survive but not much is known about it.

Natural Resources

Except for a large amount of salt, there isn't much here that we know off. Modern tools can't be used because of the rusting caused by the salt.

Alternative Name(s)

Capital of the province Africa

Type

Desert

Location under

Province of Africa

Owner/Ruler

Nickeratus

Owning Organization

The Roman Empire