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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3040368, member: 51347&quot;]After the First Punic War, Carthage had been stung with paying indemnities to Rome in 241 BCE.&nbsp; Carthage was destitute and could not pay their 60,000-man strong Mercenary Army in Sicily.&nbsp; After weeks of delaying and lying to the soldiers, their general and his staff came up with the brilliant idea of transporting the Mercenary Army to Africa near Carthage...&nbsp; After landing, there were more payment delaying tactics and lack of fulfilling promises.&nbsp; Finally, after weeks of frustration with no pay, the Mercenaries revolted into what turned into a brutal 3-year war between a hastily drawn up Carthage Army against her Mercenary Army.&nbsp; Generals crucified, soldiers betrayed, promises flagrantly broken, deception, treachery, and about all the low-based tactics were used on both sides. Eventually, Carthage won the war...</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia does not even touch on some of the human brutality that I have read in various books and sources on this war.&nbsp; But they have a reasonable overview:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary_War" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary_War</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>I am often amazed how these major Human events get lost in the obscurity of time.&nbsp; If you imagined yourself at that time, and were put into this situation, it would have a monumental impact on you.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I recently received an AR Shekel that Carthage probably paid their OWN Carthaginian-blood troops:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]758730[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Zeugitania </p><p>Libyan / Mercennary / Truceless War Revolt </p><p>AR Shekel 24mm 7.34g </p><p>241-238 BCE </p><p>Obv: Wreathed Tanit head facing left</p><p>Rev: Horse standing, control mark and Punic M </p><p>SNG Cop 236</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the feel of a Didrachm, Heavy Denarius, Stater, or a Shekel... They are approximately twice the weight of a Denarius, and they have the right &quot;heft&quot; in your hand. You &quot;feel&quot; like you hare holding a good coin. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">POST ANY DIDRACHM, HEAVY DENARIUS, STATER, or SHEKEL that you enjoy!</span></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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