The Carthaginian Elites

The ancient world was just different there were all kinds of appeals to pride and to your your cohort your general. You were loyal to Hannibal or to the barca's not Carthage it was kind of hard to be loyal to Carthage for a lot of these people because it had a sleazy side but that was not the barca’s side right so these are so-called mercenary units from some of the African neighbors of the Carthaginians Libyans who formed mostly infantry, Numidians really important like the best light cavalry in the world they didn't even use saddles he says.