. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . ranada and Andalusia. Beyond the Strait of Gibraltar theyknew, and had perhaps colonized, the Canary Islands, and theirfleets had explored the western coast of Africa as far as the riverSenegal. Far into the heart of the great African continenttheir merchants penetrated every year with long trains ofcamels, and brought back strange stories of that wonderland,with its giants and pigmies and its mountains of gold. Andit is not improbable that in the crowded marts of Carthageand at the tabl
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . ranada and Andalusia. Beyond the Strait of Gibraltar theyknew, and had perhaps colonized, the Canary Islands, and theirfleets had explored the western coast of Africa as far as the riverSenegal. Far into the heart of the great African continenttheir merchants penetrated every year with long trains ofcamels, and brought back strange stories of that wonderland,with its giants and pigmies and its mountains of gold. Andit is not improbable that in the crowded marts of Carthageand at the tables of her merchant princes rumours were heardof a new world beyond the western ocean. Carthage and Rome Compared In wealth, in external pomp and splendour, and in ancientrenown Carthage stood high above her rival Rome. But thefoundations of her power were far less broad and deep. TheRomans were still in the heyday of their youthful vigour,they had been trained in the long contest with the warlikeraces of Italy, and they were gifted with a special genius for 1 From gaulos, a Phoenician merchant Coin used for paying CarthaginianMercenaries FIRST PUNIC WAR law and government, which had been sharpened by the civilstrife of many generations. The Carthaginians, on the otherhand, belonged to a much older civihzation, which had alreadypassed its prime and was verging on decay. Moreover, thePhoenician mind moved generally in a narrower and lowersphere, which was not favourable to the development of liberaltalents or high ambition. With rare exceptions, the wholebias of the nation wasin the direction of com-merce and gain. TheItalian subjects ofRome, also, were forthe most part of thesame race as theirrulers, and by agradual process of assi-milation conquerors and conquered were slowly becomingone people. But no such bond united the lyibyan farmers totheir masters at Carthage. They were aliens in blood, andsuffered heavily from harsh treatment and oppressive line of
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