The Earthpedia · 323 BC

What if Carthage had beaten Rome?

Carthaginian Empire survived, holding 1.1% of the world, about where it started.

In 323 BC Carthage rules the western Mediterranean and Rome is a town in Italy. Here Carthage gets the golden age. We started on the real borders of 323 BC and let the world run for 500 years.

Its share of the world

323 BC: 1%
313 BC: 1%
298 BC: 1%
273 BC: 1%
223 BC: 0.7%
173 BC: 0.7%
123 BC: 0.7%
23 BC: 0.7%
77: 0.8%
177: 1.1%

Year by year

323 BC: a golden age began.
255 BC: went to war with Saharan Nomads.
48 BC: went to war with Greek city-states.
21: Kingdom of Oran attacked.

At its height, in 176, it held 1.1% of the world.

The world in 177

In 177, Arctic Peoples ruled 14% of the Earth, ahead of Siberian Peoples and Khoisan. 45 nations were left standing.

"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." Max, for the record

Run it yourself

Play this world

The same borders, the same seed, the same start. Then you are God: change anything.

More what-ifs from 323 BC

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More what-ifs from history

What if the Roman Empire never fell?What if the whole world declared war on Rome?What if Han China never fell?What if the Abbasid Caliphate never fell?What if the Byzantine Empire never fell?What if the Tibetan Empire had kept growing?What if the Mongols conquered the whole world?What if the whole world united against the Mongols?

Is this what would really happen?

No one can know. This is one run of a game engine that simulates every country on the real map: wars by temperament, armies from land and people, civil wars, golden ages. Same seed, same result, every time.

Can I try it myself?

Yes. Press Play this world: the same seed opens in your browser, free, and unfolds the same way until you change something.

Every page is a real run of the Play God on Earth engine (deterministic: same seed, same result). Historical facts are not implied; this is a game. Historical borders: historical-basemaps by Andre Ourednik.