You know, as fond as we are of casting America as the New Rome role-wise, I’d actually say the US has some strong economic parallels with Carthage. That is, an exceptionally wealthy nation with a mercantile spirit and the finest blue-water navy in history, as well as a love for commerce and entrepreneurship stretching back to its founding days.
In short, imagine if some angry sex between Rome and Carthage bore a child over two-thousand years later, and that’s basically America. The result: Roman grandeur and power projection married to Punic commercialism and maritime success, much to the surprise (and jealousy) of Romans and Carthaginians alike spectating from the afterlife.
In short, imagine if some angry sex between Rome and Carthage bore a child over two-thousand years later, and that’s basically America. The result: Roman grandeur and power projection married to Punic commercialism and maritime success, much to the surprise (and jealousy) of Romans and Carthaginians alike spectating from the afterlife.
