A fragment remained before Tunis, the rest disappeared to re-appear on the other shore of the gulf on the outskirts of the woods in which they were lost.
They were perhaps eighty thousand men.

The two Tyrian cities would offer no resistance, and they would return against Carthage.

Already there was a considerable army attacking it from the base of the isthmus, and it would soon perish from famine, for it was impossible to live without the aid of the provinces, the citizens not paying contributions as they did at Rome.

Carthage was wanting in political genius.

Her eternal anxiety for gain prevented her from having the prudence which results from loftier ambitions.