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It main strength at the beginning of the Punic Wars against Rome was it's navy. When Rome developed it's own navy, the Carthaginians recruited it's army from Spain, North Africa and northern Italy, with a strong cavalry arm.

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It had a strong army and navy, but after a slaughter of its citizen army in Sicily by the Greeks in 480 BCE, it turned to mercenaries hired from North Africa and Spain.

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