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The First Macedonian War was separate for the Second Punic War. It was fought in Greece, not Italy or Spain. Macedon did not fight alongside Carthage. Philip of Macedon made an alliance with Hannibal, but his intention was to invade southern Illyria, next door to Greece. His aims were different than that of Carthage. Rome intervened to protect her interests in Illyria.
Those who fought with Carthage were Carthage’s allies: the Numidians in Algeria, the Mauritanians in northern Morocco, the Turdetani in southern Spain and the Iberians in the eastern coast of Spain.
After the First Punic War Carthage decided to stop relying on mercenaries and expanded across northwest Africa, southern Spain and much eastern Spain. Their expansion followed the Roman model. They established Carthaginian colonies (settlements) in the new areas of domination and formed a network of military alliances with the locals. This was the way Carthage was able to form a pool of military manpower comparable in size to that of Rome. The allies formed a much bigger part of the Carthaginian army than in the case of the Roman army as Carthage’s population base was smaller than Rome’s. The Carthaginian cavalry was in the main a Numidian cavalry as Numidians were formidable horsemen. The bulk of the infantrymen were the Turdetani and Iberians. When Scipio Africanus finally defeated the Carthaginians in Spain, this deprived them of the large manpower from Spain, which was a key factor in bringing Hannibal’s campaign in Italy to a dead end.

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