How Did Carthage Raise its Mercenary Armies? DOCUMENTARY

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A history documentary on how to raise a Carthaginian Army! Thank you to Masterworks for sponsoring this video! Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: https://masterworks.art/invicta Purchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, and more. See important Masterworks disclosures: https://www.masterworks.com/about/disclosure In this history documentary we continue to explore ancient Carthage. While prior episodes have looked at its social structure or military campaigns in this episode we marry the two by seeing how Carthage raised its mercenary armies. We begin with a brief history of Carthage and the Punic military. This begins in its early colonial years when the small town boasted but a small, unremarkable militia. Within a few centuries however the city would blossom and begin to deploy more formidable forces of infantry, cavalry, and chariots. It would be these which fought the early Punic Wars against the Greeks in Sicily. However upon facing devastating losses of citizen life in these conflicts, Carthage reformed its military to rely more on its auxiliaries, allies, and mercenaries. It would be this new army that would win it a vast Empire and come face to face with the Romans. With this in mind we look at how war was declared, how troops were mustered, and how armed forces were deployed to various theaters of war. Such an understanding will hopefully enrich your study of Carthaginian history and the Punic Wars with Rome. You can learn more about the armies of Carthage through our Units of History episodes: The Sacred Band of Carthage : https://youtu.be/oX3y1GYcCEY Carthaginian War Elephants : https://youtu.be/hDSRHGFCWEo Numidian Cavalry : https://youtu.be/3tv7EbkrX38 Balearic Slingers : https://youtu.be/3uDtrwNY0Zk Sources and Suggested Reading: "The Library of History - Book 19, 20" by Diodorus Siculus "Philippic Histories - Book 21, 22, 23, 24" by Justinus "The Carthaginians" by Dexter Hoyos "Carthage's Other Wars" by Dexter Hoyos "Carthage Must Be Destroyed" by Richard Miles Credit: Research = Vaughn Fenton Script = Vaughn Fenton Narration = Invicta Art = Penta Limited 0:00 Intro 2:32 Carthage's Military Evolution 6:35 The Call to War 10:44 Mustering the Troops 11:30 The Auxiliaries 12:55 The Allies 13:40 The Mercenaries 17:26 The Navy 19:31 The Supplies 20:34 Deployment for War #history #documentary #military