oh, dear... this is the first time i hear the original english, and that voice made my ears bleed. did the developers think this was funny, or something?
Carthage in this simulation. Isnt really that hard to play against AI. Even on normal.
Egypt... I swear to god. I would rather play as Egypt than against Cleopatra.
Scipii is equal to Egypt but Egypt has something setup to make money come quick or something is setup on Egypt. Egypt is a war machine that will spam 20 stack armies at you if you wait too long. So you have to choose your targets wisely on where to strike and stop it.
The Carthaginians were ok, its just that when i began my invasion of Italy, their swords man and their great spearman barely held their own against the legions, it took so many lives and so many armies to bring rome, scipii, and the brutii down, and the Julii still stood in my way, thats were i am now
In RTW Vanilla Carthage is so underrated.If you want to play carthage and have a good experience install the Platinum 1.9 edition.That's where the fun begins.
only thing i miss about Carthage faction is lack of archers; i have to change the merc files to add cretans to all settlements so i can have some missile force in campaign as carthage.
Carthage (Latin: Carthago or Karthago, Ancient Greek: Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Arabic: قرطاج Qarṭāj, Berber: ⴽⴰⵔⵜⴰⵊⴻⵏ Kartajen, Etruscan: *Carθaza, Modern Hebrew: קרתגו Qartágo, from the Phoenician Qart-ḥadašt meaning New City (Aramaic: Qarta Ḥdatha), implying it was a 'new Tyre') is a major urban centre that has existed for nearly 3,000 years on the Gulf of Tunis, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC.
The first civilization that developed within the city's sphere of influence is referred to as Punic (a form of the word "Phoenician") or Carthaginian. The city of Carthage is located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the centre of Tunis.
According to Greek historians it was founded by Phoenician colonists from Tyre under the leadership of Elissa who was re-named (Queen Dido) in Virgil's Aeneid. It became a large and rich city and thus a major power in the Mediterranean. The resulting rivalry with Syracuse and Rome was accompanied by several wars with respective invasions of each other's homeland.
Hannibal's invasion of Italy in the Second Punic War culminated in the Carthaginian victory at Cannae and led to a serious threat to the continuation of Roman rule over Italy; however, Carthage emerged from the conflict at its historical weakest after Hannibal's defeat at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. After the Third Punic War, the city was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC.
However, the Romans refounded Carthage, which became the Empire's fourth most important city and the capital of the short-lived Vandal kingdom. It remained one of the most important Roman cities until the Muslim conquest when it was destroyed a second time in AD 698.
@SuperGreatSphinx well but the culture, people and civilization of punic carthage was no more, carthage as we knew it was dead, and a new roman settlement built on the remains of the civilization, whose records and culture were meticulously destroyed by the romans so that no one could tell their story but their enemies.
And I really was impressed by your knowledge, until I realised you just do this:
Copy and Paste from Wikipedia. -.-
Aren´t you ashamed by pretending your comments are based on your knowledge? Why don´t you post sources or the link to the article instead of writing whole comments? At least you could have summarized the articles and write it in your own words. Once again, I am disappointed in US Americans talking about European History. -.-
@Pooternackle5 Sacrifice was formally banned during the consulship of Publius Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus in 97 BCE. You are right the Aztec's did kill allot of people through war and sacrifice but Rome pretty much did the same except mainly though war. But if you want to hear about mass murder then you should look up the Huns and the Timurids were more vicious than the Aztecs or the Romans.
We just have Roman sources on Rome. I think if celtic and germanic tribes would have been able to write, we would have a different picture of Rome. And the Huns weren´t able to write as well, so we just have roman sources on huns.
Because people think those sources are rational there are still many falsities in history: Like Vikings with Horned Helmets and stuff. X-D
I think all mankind is and was vicious, no matter what culture they are coming from. ^^
@DerSpartaner Aye, very true. The Germanic tribes hated Rome, with their pompous and dying ways. The Huns didn't care, they just took what they pleased. But they were taught they could take anything by force.
@puchy110 The god of the Bible can be pretty cruel himself, with the murdering of the firstborns and all. And then there is that little incident with Sodom and Gomorrah. Oh, and lets not forget the time when he completely destroyed the world. Yahweh does have a slight anger control problem, but other then that he is OK.
why does Carthaginian Generals and Diplomats in the game look Middle Eastern? lol? I'm pretty sure Carthage originated in Spain, hey CA just because the Carthaginian Empire just happened to have a city in Africa that doesn't mean they look African or Middle Eastern.
@MrUnclepeanuts, the carthaginians actually originally came from what is nowadays lebanon, and they settled and mixed with the north africans, both are the same ethnicity, which is arab.
If you are clever enough ;) you can change a few thing in documents which lets you play as all including all non playables - Sythia, Dacia, Armenia etc
how can i get Hannibal as a playable character in rome total war..... i only have his elder brother hasdrubal plzzzz help me ..... ps sorry for my bad english
@mcglynn670 He's probably a merchant, or at least made his name that way. That's how Cathage rolled. They preferred not to go around stirring shit up. It was bad for business.
With awesome unit variety and excellent starting position, Carthage is one of the most fun factions to play in campaign.
Too bad their army is a jack-of-all-trades master of none. Also, their campaign AI seems to get swept by the Scipii before they can start to effectively compete against their neighbors.
They *killed* children as a sacrifice to Baal, they have found a cemetery filled with 20000 urns filled with the charred remains of children in Carthage
The Hebrews and Greeks condemned the Phoenicians, the people who founded Carthage who lived in roughly Lebanon and Coastal Syria for this and the Romans condemned the Carthaginians for the same thing
@Foxlover666 well they invented clear glass (which is better than colored) and they invented the quinquime which was much better than the otherships in the mediteranin at that time, also they were the only ones who really could have stoped romes expantion(but they failed as they were traders, not soldiers)
@TheAlexagius i agree with you. However, i dont think they failed because that. Hannibal had the oportunity and he didn't take.... history doesn't forgive that kind of mistake...
@angelmarsall1 hanibal wanted to but the Carthaginian senete(clearly not a rip off of the roman one) even after seeing his sucess, would not send reinforcements and additional troops to finish the conquest, the carthaginians were more peaceful than the romans so we probably would not have had the great empire that rome had
@Rangerfull3 Have to defeat them in Grand Campaign mode (or short campaign mode), or you can just edit the files to make them playable from the beginning.
@sumerates i never said they actually did it only that it was implied by the game and that the lies reference the roman texts about infanticide in carthage. However you can't claim that they didn't do so because we simply do not know. It's possible.
@PhoenicanSailor I don't contest that. However, as great as they were they do not exist as a recognized entity. Modern-day Lebanese may have Phoenician DNA as much as they have DNA of all the peoples who have had a hsitorical significance in the region.
at this time .. 300-370 BC every 1 hated Romans dont u see ? every 1's talking about Romans. Roman Empire,Alexender's Empire,Ottoman Turks,Salahadin's Empire ... those are the greatest empires in the world.They smashed every 1
carthage are good 2 play as but in campaign i destroy them with only basic units like auxillia, roman archers, roman cav, hastati etc ( pre-marian units )
carthage is the absolute best factio in rome once you take sicily and spain, invade southernb gaul and push into italy then build an army in sicily and ivade from the south the two front aproach always gets the roman
@Steini0793 right, once you hear the Punic War era romans screaming about the evil baby killing Carthaginians during the war itself one can't help but take it with a grain of salt. Archaeologists believe many of the infant remains they've found were, in fact, stillbirths. Not to say it it didn't happen, just to say we can't know for sure.
I don't like the voice, it should be lower ( like Kiefer Sutherland) and I don't like the baby sacrificing talk, it's not true and the romans made up that story
There are no baby sacrificing talk in this intro? his talking about his own children and ends the into with saying *and i think the children will be quiet tonight*
None really its just to make him sound more desperate in a way. Its an good way of starting a story as negative as this and then turn it up with hopes for the future. I dont belive that TW would put water on an old lie.
TW didn't include slave trade in Empire, they are unpredictable. When he ends saying " and i think the children will be quiet tonight" it doesn't sound hopeful, more like crazy and baby sacrifice like
acutally they sacrified babies or at least humans in carthage but stopped long before (~400bc) the first punic war. And the romans were the ones sacrificing people, when hannibal had won at cannae.
show me concrete evidence. oh right, it hasn't been found. it is much more likely that the burned the corpses in stead of burying them and the romans said it was baby sacrifice because the hated carthage. In ancient times seven of every ten childern died , why would they sacrifice the ones that lived. It makes no sense.
evidence? Read "hystory of carthage" by prof. werner huss, 1985. Its a really good book. Though the bad thing is, that often the only sources are written by roman or greek (no cathaginian) historians.
You are correct about Thebes. However both cities had something called "Sacred band". The difference is that the Sacred Band from Thebes was made of of men who were chosen to guard the citadel, they also loved each other(Homosexuals). The Sacred Band for Carthage was made up of Rich citizens who served their god Baal. Both were elite soldiers.
I liked the intro but I thought the carthagians would sound way more badass then that dude because of Hannibal. and I thought they would talk way more smack toward Rome.
Carthage's economy is really brilliant I could muster a huge force with its economic power but the thing that really sucks was I had many enemies immediately when I started .. I think the entire roman families and spain?
sounds about right, but if u are quick you can eliminate the scipi and spqr quite early on. the julii and brutii after that are generally peroccupied with other enemies.
oh, dear... this is the first time i hear the original english, and that voice made my ears bleed. did the developers think this was funny, or something?
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Carthage in this simulation. Isnt really that hard to play against AI. Even on normal.
Egypt... I swear to god. I would rather play as Egypt than against Cleopatra.
Scipii is equal to Egypt but Egypt has something setup to make money come quick or something is setup on Egypt. Egypt is a war machine that will spam 20 stack armies at you if you wait too long. So you have to choose your targets wisely on where to strike and stop it.
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DarkPrinceNH5570 1 day ago
Egypt knew about Ba'al too? How did these beliefs relate to Egypt?
Rome hated Carthage because they were the FIRST to do something or something about empire. But Egypt was just as good.
Rome killed off all of Carthage. Cleopatra didnt care? LOL
DarkPrinceNH5570 1 day ago
Ba'al... is mad.
DarkPrinceNH5570 1 day ago
The Narrator sounds like yuri lowenthal
b257 5 days ago
Armoured elephants ftw
DaTimeMeddler 1 week ago
1:02 to the end is epic.
WujiKyuremu 2 weeks ago
the carthaginians only good units i found useful is their spearman, their swordsman suck
EmporerAaron 1 month ago
ahahahaha listen to this goof's voice!
thecalvin623 1 month ago
the narrators voice made me piss myself laughing
MrFaceeatingcancer 1 month ago
The Carthaginians were ok, its just that when i began my invasion of Italy, their swords man and their great spearman barely held their own against the legions, it took so many lives and so many armies to bring rome, scipii, and the brutii down, and the Julii still stood in my way, thats were i am now
EmporerAaron 2 months ago
In RTW Vanilla Carthage is so underrated.If you want to play carthage and have a good experience install the Platinum 1.9 edition.That's where the fun begins.
Fastcarsupersports 2 months ago
only thing i miss about Carthage faction is lack of archers; i have to change the merc files to add cretans to all settlements so i can have some missile force in campaign as carthage.
sushanalone 2 months ago
o_o What is this guy smoking?
Dracofangstudios 3 months ago 4
long live Carthage, death to Rome and their dishonorable allies
jerchamy 3 months ago
O.o this guy is flipping schizo.
Jabbabob 4 months ago
Why do all the intros start with an Eagle???
levierdragon 4 months ago
Bet the narrator hasn't gone through puberty
Baconishealthy 4 months ago 16
Carthage (Latin: Carthago or Karthago, Ancient Greek: Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Arabic: قرطاج Qarṭāj, Berber: ⴽⴰⵔⵜⴰⵊⴻⵏ Kartajen, Etruscan: *Carθaza, Modern Hebrew: קרתגו Qartágo, from the Phoenician Qart-ḥadašt meaning New City (Aramaic: Qarta Ḥdatha), implying it was a 'new Tyre') is a major urban centre that has existed for nearly 3,000 years on the Gulf of Tunis, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC.
SuperGreatSphinx 5 months ago
It is currently a suburb of Tunis, Tunisia, with a population (2004 Census) of 20,715.
SuperGreatSphinx 5 months ago
The first civilization that developed within the city's sphere of influence is referred to as Punic (a form of the word "Phoenician") or Carthaginian. The city of Carthage is located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the centre of Tunis.
SuperGreatSphinx 5 months ago
According to Greek historians it was founded by Phoenician colonists from Tyre under the leadership of Elissa who was re-named (Queen Dido) in Virgil's Aeneid. It became a large and rich city and thus a major power in the Mediterranean. The resulting rivalry with Syracuse and Rome was accompanied by several wars with respective invasions of each other's homeland.
SuperGreatSphinx 5 months ago
Hannibal's invasion of Italy in the Second Punic War culminated in the Carthaginian victory at Cannae and led to a serious threat to the continuation of Roman rule over Italy; however, Carthage emerged from the conflict at its historical weakest after Hannibal's defeat at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. After the Third Punic War, the city was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC.
SuperGreatSphinx 5 months ago
However, the Romans refounded Carthage, which became the Empire's fourth most important city and the capital of the short-lived Vandal kingdom. It remained one of the most important Roman cities until the Muslim conquest when it was destroyed a second time in AD 698.
SuperGreatSphinx 5 months ago
@SuperGreatSphinx well but the culture, people and civilization of punic carthage was no more, carthage as we knew it was dead, and a new roman settlement built on the remains of the civilization, whose records and culture were meticulously destroyed by the romans so that no one could tell their story but their enemies.
sushanalone 2 months ago
@SuperGreatSphinx
And I really was impressed by your knowledge, until I realised you just do this:
Copy and Paste from Wikipedia. -.-
Aren´t you ashamed by pretending your comments are based on your knowledge? Why don´t you post sources or the link to the article instead of writing whole comments? At least you could have summarized the articles and write it in your own words. Once again, I am disappointed in US Americans talking about European History. -.-
DerSpartaner 4 months ago 8
@Pooternackle5 Sacrifice was formally banned during the consulship of Publius Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus in 97 BCE. You are right the Aztec's did kill allot of people through war and sacrifice but Rome pretty much did the same except mainly though war. But if you want to hear about mass murder then you should look up the Huns and the Timurids were more vicious than the Aztecs or the Romans.
dragdev 5 months ago
@dragdev
We just have Roman sources on Rome. I think if celtic and germanic tribes would have been able to write, we would have a different picture of Rome. And the Huns weren´t able to write as well, so we just have roman sources on huns.
Because people think those sources are rational there are still many falsities in history: Like Vikings with Horned Helmets and stuff. X-D
I think all mankind is and was vicious, no matter what culture they are coming from. ^^
DerSpartaner 4 months ago
@DerSpartaner True but there are certain civilisations which strive for peace look at the the minoans.
dragdev 4 months ago
@DerSpartaner Aye, very true. The Germanic tribes hated Rome, with their pompous and dying ways. The Huns didn't care, they just took what they pleased. But they were taught they could take anything by force.
DestroyerOfSense000 4 months ago in playlist Total War
Ba'al isn't cruel? ha! clearly the Carthaginians never read the bible
puchy110 5 months ago
@puchy110 The god of the Bible can be pretty cruel himself, with the murdering of the firstborns and all. And then there is that little incident with Sodom and Gomorrah. Oh, and lets not forget the time when he completely destroyed the world. Yahweh does have a slight anger control problem, but other then that he is OK.
MaximusImber 5 months ago
@MaximusImber well yeah, but it was Baal that inspired people to do bad things
puchy110 5 months ago
i love this video
DaBigMama22 5 months ago
why does Carthaginian Generals and Diplomats in the game look Middle Eastern? lol? I'm pretty sure Carthage originated in Spain, hey CA just because the Carthaginian Empire just happened to have a city in Africa that doesn't mean they look African or Middle Eastern.
MrUnclepeanuts 5 months ago
@MrUnclepeanuts, the carthaginians actually originally came from what is nowadays lebanon, and they settled and mixed with the north africans, both are the same ethnicity, which is arab.
maxmunchow 5 months ago
@maxmunchow the Carthaginians were of Phoenician descent which is not arab.
MrUnclepeanuts 5 months ago
@MrUnclepeanuts the Carthaginians were Phonetian, the african guys in the game are supposed to be the numidians
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TechCitySoftware 6 months ago
thouse are some real creepy mother fuckers... o _ o""
but it was still funny because of this guys voice it is creepy yet funny xD
and their freaky traditions are also like a cherry on top of that cake of madness
1236sason 6 months ago
Ba'al was a female god.
junkietomato 7 months ago
Terrible Intro
christianj125 7 months ago
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viperreturns 7 months ago
I love this voice actor.
Galather0 8 months ago
How make jou this
UnitedDutchEmpire 8 months ago
@UnitedDutchEmpire dit zit in een spel.
ThomazInc 8 months ago
Sacred Band shouldn't even be in the game, they were destroyed 100 years before the game takes place
TalonMercenary 8 months ago
how do you unlock this campain
pdrwood 9 months ago
@pdrwood Defeat the Roman Campeign
If you are clever enough ;) you can change a few thing in documents which lets you play as all including all non playables - Sythia, Dacia, Armenia etc
eddieoxford 8 months ago
the voiceover sounds like a nerdy teen dropping his balls for the first time, really really bad.
zzzzJAGJEETzzzz 9 months ago
Poor Carthaginian guy...the life without balls must be hard...
2ndMrZverina 9 months ago
the last sentence is creepy
TotalRoman04 10 months ago
this intro was bad
crackshack2 10 months ago
Lol this is a pussy intro
blackhawkwm 11 months ago
@blackhawkwm ahahaha soooooooooo true Look at the julli Intro and the greeks Those intro is BADASS
BunBRIP 10 months ago
That narrator sounds a bit unhinged.
calicheSCOT 11 months ago
@Salaisor
Hello nigger faggot send me pictures of your dick so I can masturbate
AbortionbySuicide 11 months ago
@AbortionbySuicide 0/10. Try again.
Salaisor 11 months ago
@Droidek74415
You are a faggot
AbortionbySuicide 11 months ago
@AbortionbySuicide Hello troll.
Salaisor 11 months ago
how can i get Hannibal as a playable character in rome total war..... i only have his elder brother hasdrubal plzzzz help me ..... ps sorry for my bad english
Frysianboy 11 months ago
@Frysianboy
there is no way to get Hannibal in this game,
but there is a mod for this game called SPQR total war where Hannibal starts the campaign invading Rome
Droidek74415 11 months ago
@Droidek74415 olright tx
Frysianboy 11 months ago
@Droidek74415
how do i get the SPQR mod?
ulongkoror 11 months ago
@Frysianboy you can play with hannibal in the mod roma surrectum
MultiStendhal 9 months ago
"i think the children will be quiet tonight" thats fucked up lol
3023301 1 year ago
ohhhh always send shivers down my spine
tuton7 1 year ago
im sorry but this was the weakest intro....no offense
jimmytwotimez 1 year ago
@jimmytwotimez i agree dude ^^
xXxWolverinexXx666 1 year ago
7 people have no dicks.
WatchMan140 1 year ago
Best Intro Ever
thyczko2 1 year ago
omfg lol.
Bamein 1 year ago
He kinda sounds like smeegle off of lord of the rings...
ARsniper00 1 year ago 34
" why would BAAL send such a vision, best line ever
987654321330078 1 year ago
This guy makes WhatTheBuck sound like Chuck Norris.
Rangerhalt1 1 year ago 3
@Rangerhalt1 Yeah, the Carthaginian voice actor was a fruitcake. It was kind of distracting, so I usually had to turn the sound off.
fluff125 1 year ago
always the eagal
ivantheterrible60 1 year ago 2
this guy sounds like a wimp
mcglynn670 1 year ago
@mcglynn670 He's probably a merchant, or at least made his name that way. That's how Cathage rolled. They preferred not to go around stirring shit up. It was bad for business.
dark297 1 year ago
he eees not cruuueelll!
smallchrst 1 year ago
7 romans whatched this video
TheAlexagius 1 year ago 11
carthage kicks ass
TheAlexagius 1 year ago
With awesome unit variety and excellent starting position, Carthage is one of the most fun factions to play in campaign.
Too bad their army is a jack-of-all-trades master of none. Also, their campaign AI seems to get swept by the Scipii before they can start to effectively compete against their neighbors.
jonharana 1 year ago
carthage is a moorish shithole
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busiermaddog99 1 year ago
"Baal isnt cruel!"
Seriously he is considered one of the most brutal gods in history and even the modern Church declares him a demon.
blizzardwizard777 1 year ago
@blizzardwizard777
what the church says aside
They *killed* children as a sacrifice to Baal, they have found a cemetery filled with 20000 urns filled with the charred remains of children in Carthage
The Hebrews and Greeks condemned the Phoenicians, the people who founded Carthage who lived in roughly Lebanon and Coastal Syria for this and the Romans condemned the Carthaginians for the same thing
Foxlover666 1 year ago
@Foxlover666 "The Hebrews and Greeks condemned the Phoenicians" thats cuase the Phoenicians kick ass
TheAlexagius 1 year ago
@TheAlexagius Why? I am curious.
Foxlover666 1 year ago
@Foxlover666 well they invented clear glass (which is better than colored) and they invented the quinquime which was much better than the otherships in the mediteranin at that time, also they were the only ones who really could have stoped romes expantion(but they failed as they were traders, not soldiers)
TheAlexagius 1 year ago
@TheAlexagius i agree with you. However, i dont think they failed because that. Hannibal had the oportunity and he didn't take.... history doesn't forgive that kind of mistake...
angelmarsall1 1 year ago
@angelmarsall1 hanibal wanted to but the Carthaginian senete(clearly not a rip off of the roman one) even after seeing his sucess, would not send reinforcements and additional troops to finish the conquest, the carthaginians were more peaceful than the romans so we probably would not have had the great empire that rome had
TheAlexagius 1 year ago
@blizzardwizard777
The Chruch says lots of things, they just can't deal with competition
Wakizashiwakizashi 1 year ago
@blizzardwizard777 the cuch says gay people are demons to, also the god himself in thier mythology wasn't crule
TheAlexagius 1 year ago
Is he gay? :D
No no,great intro,EPIC!!!
MrZverina 1 year ago
how do u play as them? i used to play a long time ago, but ive come back and i couldve sworn i remembered campaign as them, but i only get roman?
Rangerfull3 1 year ago
@Rangerfull3 Have to defeat them in Grand Campaign mode (or short campaign mode), or you can just edit the files to make them playable from the beginning.
Redward652 1 year ago
he sounds like he smoke too much weed
Acekiller89 1 year ago 5
@Acekiller89 you do realise that is just not funny....
pulanceyt 1 year ago
@pulanceyt yeah i know but he needs a more deeper voice it seriously he sounds almost like mah 7 year old cousin, no offense to anyone
Acekiller89 1 year ago
@Acekiller89 he sounds great
epic
pulanceyt 1 year ago
i think hes going thru pueberty
kliqmember555 1 year ago
is the "children will be quiet part" and the lies a reference to the child burning to moloch? Hum pretty akward for a game.
slyamken 1 year ago
@slyamken thats false they didnt burn children alive only ones that died from sickness etc
sumerates 1 year ago
@sumerates i never said they actually did it only that it was implied by the game and that the lies reference the roman texts about infanticide in carthage. However you can't claim that they didn't do so because we simply do not know. It's possible.
slyamken 1 year ago
@slyamken we do know its proven i watched it in some document
sumerates 1 year ago
@slyamken no
he sais at the beggining
the cryingof the children kept me awake
and at the end
he sais i think the childs will be quiet tonight
....dumass
pulanceyt 1 year ago
I am Phoenician!
PhoenicanSailor 1 year ago
@PhoenicanSailor Phoenicians don't exist anymore...
fenerbahce8811 1 year ago
@fenerbahce8811 their DNA does
PhoenicanSailor 1 year ago
@PhoenicanSailor I don't contest that. However, as great as they were they do not exist as a recognized entity. Modern-day Lebanese may have Phoenician DNA as much as they have DNA of all the peoples who have had a hsitorical significance in the region.
fenerbahce8811 1 year ago
@fenerbahce8811 "may" some may even have more than you would think however I understand your point and agree.
PhoenicanSailor 1 year ago
@PhoenicanSailor :) either way we should love them. I'm playing with Carthage in Rome;)
fenerbahce8811 1 year ago
@fenerbahce8811 lol I dislike the so called Scipii people and the SPQR
PhoenicanSailor 1 year ago
and i think the childern will be quiet tonight xD
Nick87429 1 year ago
And...I think the children will be quiet tonight...
Agent1W 1 year ago
I am the protecter of Carthage in Rome total war.
Dannyekimyan 1 year ago
at this time .. 300-370 BC every 1 hated Romans dont u see ? every 1's talking about Romans. Roman Empire,Alexender's Empire,Ottoman Turks,Salahadin's Empire ... those are the greatest empires in the world.They smashed every 1
cammeranto 1 year ago
@cammeranto you forgot the Mongol Empire, stretching from the coast of China to the Black Sea in eastern europe
IvanBeSerious 1 year ago
one of my favorite intros
Razor164dev 2 years ago
I can smash with any of them.
These guys can smash on the scippii, if you know how to use them.
palma674 2 years ago
This is my favorite intro.
AnswerManofRome 2 years ago
carthage are good 2 play as but in campaign i destroy them with only basic units like auxillia, roman archers, roman cav, hastati etc ( pre-marian units )
pwn3dn00b97 2 years ago
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The voice is fucking gay lol
Anyway i easily destroyed carthage with urban cohort and praetorian cavalry
julii rule!
sonic187sq 2 years ago
the voice is stoupit, but not 'fucking gay'
ViccardXViccc 2 years ago
@sonic187sq lol!! from what you say you prove that you are a real noob in rome total war XD
MultiStendhal 9 months ago
Why the hell, is greeks Hoplites marching in such a shallow formation.. NO NO NO! 5 Ranks is best
themodman101 2 years ago 2
I believe they were sacred band infantry.
AnswerManofRome 2 years ago 2
@themodman101 I personally agree. However, sometimes a shallower rank is neccessary. Especially when fighting in a wide range.
TheAsharedhett 2 years ago
el intro en español de esta faccion es mucho mejor!
RAF04 2 years ago
worst intro of them all.
nanoman88 2 years ago
@HyperHandGrenade fenicians is a modern version
Umbrella0021 2 years ago
carthage is the absolute best factio in rome once you take sicily and spain, invade southernb gaul and push into italy then build an army in sicily and ivade from the south the two front aproach always gets the roman
wisinfan14 2 years ago 5
thats what i done
reptiles4life1996 2 years ago
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this voice is very gay XDD
kukumarro 2 years ago
hmmm
Andrewtee1 2 years ago
carthigens is colest
kingArturis 2 years ago 4
exactly, the only historical accounts come from carthage's enemies so they can't really be considered true.
Steini0793 2 years ago 41
@Steini0793 and Polybius...
PubliusScipioA 1 year ago
@Steini0793 right, once you hear the Punic War era romans screaming about the evil baby killing Carthaginians during the war itself one can't help but take it with a grain of salt. Archaeologists believe many of the infant remains they've found were, in fact, stillbirths. Not to say it it didn't happen, just to say we can't know for sure.
dark297 1 year ago
I don't like the voice, it should be lower ( like Kiefer Sutherland) and I don't like the baby sacrificing talk, it's not true and the romans made up that story
Steini0793 2 years ago 5
There are no baby sacrificing talk in this intro? his talking about his own children and ends the into with saying *and i think the children will be quiet tonight*
Alexisonfire500 2 years ago 5
It's obviously pointing at the baby sacrifiing. Why would his own children cry how would that be relevant to the game?
Steini0793 2 years ago
None really its just to make him sound more desperate in a way. Its an good way of starting a story as negative as this and then turn it up with hopes for the future. I dont belive that TW would put water on an old lie.
Alexisonfire500 2 years ago
TW didn't include slave trade in Empire, they are unpredictable. When he ends saying " and i think the children will be quiet tonight" it doesn't sound hopeful, more like crazy and baby sacrifice like
Steini0793 2 years ago
acutally they sacrified babies or at least humans in carthage but stopped long before (~400bc) the first punic war. And the romans were the ones sacrificing people, when hannibal had won at cannae.
Mithridates123 2 years ago 4
show me concrete evidence. oh right, it hasn't been found. it is much more likely that the burned the corpses in stead of burying them and the romans said it was baby sacrifice because the hated carthage. In ancient times seven of every ten childern died , why would they sacrifice the ones that lived. It makes no sense.
Steini0793 2 years ago
evidence? Read "hystory of carthage" by prof. werner huss, 1985. Its a really good book. Though the bad thing is, that often the only sources are written by roman or greek (no cathaginian) historians.
Mithridates123 2 years ago
actually the supposed sacrifice of children have been in dispute ever since Rome used it as one of their reasons to invade Carthage >:p
woodwyrm 2 years ago
Eh, can anyone explain to me why carthage has the sacred band. I thought they were from Thebes.
Zemusgan 2 years ago
You are correct about Thebes. However both cities had something called "Sacred band". The difference is that the Sacred Band from Thebes was made of of men who were chosen to guard the citadel, they also loved each other(Homosexuals). The Sacred Band for Carthage was made up of Rich citizens who served their god Baal. Both were elite soldiers.
555roc 2 years ago
I liked the intro but I thought the carthagians would sound way more badass then that dude because of Hannibal. and I thought they would talk way more smack toward Rome.
Zeus57234 2 years ago
"WHY WOULDSSTHH BAAAALLL SEND SUCH A VISHUN?!" *craps pants*
HastaFatum 2 years ago 9
The selucis Empire´s troops are very powerfull! They have the best of many civilizations
reptailian 2 years ago
Cool intro, my second favorite after the greek intro
catalin3run 2 years ago
I love the ending! "And I think the children will be quiet tonight.."
UnionKid15 2 years ago 4
i think the german synchro is lots better
inmate92 2 years ago
the iberian infantry is from mine pov one of the weakest infantry but charthage's economy is one of the best
axce173 2 years ago
acualy the selucids have the best economy
MrCarthage 2 years ago
@axce173 iberian infantry isnt as bad as you say, they are fast and cut non roman factions easely appart from the flanks or behind, like cavalery
Umbrella0021 2 years ago
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They picked the worst bloke for narrator
QUEEFMUFFINS 2 years ago
I think this one is generally the weakest of the intro videos
burningphoneix 2 years ago 8
THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND SO THEY LIE!!!!
juaninu22 2 years ago 50
@juaninu22 best part!!!
zrah1092 1 year ago
this dude sounds like yoda...
BillyChaka 2 years ago 4
Carthage's economy is really brilliant I could muster a huge force with its economic power but the thing that really sucks was I had many enemies immediately when I started .. I think the entire roman families and spain?
VVMatrixVV 2 years ago 7
sounds about right, but if u are quick you can eliminate the scipi and spqr quite early on. the julii and brutii after that are generally peroccupied with other enemies.
adyingbreed82 2 years ago
oh come on a game with carthage is easy to play, its not hard to win with them.
apie1511 2 years ago
the iberian infrantry suck so bad dude i told a unit with 40 to charge hestati they fucken lost and there was like only 29 hestati
allferik00 2 years ago
@allferik00 bad against roman forces idd, but good against the rest ofc no 1class unit
Umbrella0021 2 years ago
Pedophileee
Vartex 3 years ago