Carthage is age 13 on the Idle Ages ladder, set in 814 BCE. You unlock it with coins the ages below it earned. From there it produces on its own cycle, with its own upgrade costs and its own four heroes.
| Position | Age 13 of 40 |
|---|---|
| Date | 814 BCE |
| Legendary | Hannibal |
| Automation | Needs Hamilcar Barca at level 5, after which the age produces with the app closed for up to 8 hours |
| Heroes | Hannibal, Dido, Sophonisba, Hamilcar Barca |
Hannibal raises every age you own at once. The other three raise this one. All four carry a piece of written history that unlocks as you level them.
Legendary
Hannibal marched war elephants over the Alps in winter to strike Rome from the north - one of the most audacious moves in military history. At Cannae he destroyed a Roman army twice his size in a single afternoon; generals still study the battle today. Rome never forgot the terror: "Hannibal at the gates" stayed a Roman saying for centuries.
Raises output in every age you own, and most of all in their own. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic
Dido, a princess of Tyre, fled her murderous brother and founded Carthage. Offered as much land as an oxhide could cover, she cut the hide into a single thin strip and encircled an entire hill. The city she tricked into existence became Rome’s greatest rival.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Rare
Sophonisba, daughter of a Carthaginian general, swayed kings between Carthage and Rome with her wit and beauty. Facing capture and a Roman triumph parade, she drank poison sent by her own husband - choosing death over being displayed. Painters immortalized the moment for two thousand years.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Common Manager, level 5
Hamilcar Barca kept fighting Rome from a mountain fortress even as Carthage lost the First Punic War around him. He rebuilt Carthaginian power in Spain - and made his nine-year-old son Hannibal swear eternal enmity to Rome at an altar. The oath worked.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level multiplies what they add by 1.6. Levelling Hamilcar Barca to 5 is what automates Carthage.
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