Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sojojin Carthage sun yi yaƙi da Helenawa don iko da tsibirin Sicily. Waɗannan gamuwa sun yi tasiri ga ci gaban makamai da dabarun Carthaginians, wanda ya sa Carthage ta karɓi soja hoplite na Girka wanda ke yaƙi a cikin tsarin phalanx. Ko da yake sun yi nasara a kan Helenawa a Sicily, ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, sojojin Carthaginian sun fuskanci kalubale mafi girma da za su fuskanta daga sojojin Jamhuriyar Roman da ke fadadawa. Carthage da Rome sun yi yaƙi da yawa manyan rikice-rikice da aka sani da Punic Wars, na ƙarshe daga cikinsu
ya haifar da cikakkiyar lalacewar birnin Carthage a cikin 146 BC, wanda a wannan lokacin sojojin Carthaginian sun kasance inuwa ne kawai na tsohuwar kanta. Carthage ya zo kusa da nasara a lokuta da dama, a lokacin da aka fara yakin basasa; tare da sojojin su na samun gagarumar nasara a karkashin umurnin Hamilcar Barca da dansa Hannibal a cikin Farko da na biyu na Punic Wars. Hannibal Barca musamman, an dauke shi a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan gwanayen sojoji a kowane lokaci.