Carthage Must Be Destroyed (TV Series)

Carthage Must Be Destroyed is a television series set in the Ancient Rome Cinematic Universe . It is a spinoff of Hannibal: Zenith, the final film of the Hannibal Trilogy, and is about the Third Punic War. It focuses on Scipio Africanus's adopted grandson, Scipio Aemilianus. It is one season long.

It predominantly takes place between 146 and 149 BC. Like the rest of the ARCU, the film is mostly historically accurate, with some minor adjustments in order to make it cinematic.

Plot

 * About 40 years after Scipio Africanus is victorious in Hannibal: Zenith, prominent anti-Carthaginian Roman senator Cato the Elder keeps telling the Senate that 'Carthage Must Be Destroyed" to quell the threat for good. Carthage has since rebuilt itself following the destruction of the Second Punic War. He is opposed by prominent senator Publius Scipio Nasica.
 * Flashbacks take place of the young Scipio Aemilianus taking part in the Third Macedonian War (with his father, Lucius Aemilianus Paullus, who last appeared in Hannibal: Ascendancy) and the Numantine War (with Marcus Marcellus, who appeared in Hannibal: Zenith)
 * Border disputes took place with Rome's ally, King Masinissa of Numidia, and the Carthaginians. A war begins, and Cato sees this as an opportune time to declare war on Carthage.
 * Roman consul Lucius Calpurnius Piso is unsuccessful in defeating Carthage, and Scipio Aemilianus takes over. This decision proves to be beneficial to the Romans, who defeat Carthage and destroy the city.
 * In the epilogue, Carthage is rebuilt by Augustus a century later.

Cast

 * Scipio Aemilianus
 * Cato the Elder
 * King Masinissa
 * Hasdrubal the Boeotarch
 * Publius Scipio Nasica
 * Manius Manilius
 * Lucius Calpurnius Piso
 * Himilco Phameas
 * Bythias
 * Lucius Marcius Censorius
 * Lucius Aemilianus Paullus
 * Diogenes
 * Marcus Marcellus
 * Caesar Augustus (cameo)