Alternative history: What if Carthage controlled the entire Iberian Peninsula

Alternative history: What if Carthage controlled the entire Iberian Peninsula?

Context

Carthage, a state ruled by Phoenicians in North Africa, was a powerful state in the Mediterranean region between the 6th and 3rd centuries BC. Carthage became powerful due to sea trade, the territory being rich in natural resources and a skilled army. After Carthage lost the First Punic War against the Romans, its territory expanded to the Iberian Peninsula, which is modern-day Spain and Portugal, to rebuild it's economy and military strength. Hannibal, a general from Carthage, expanded Carthage's territory in the Iberian Peninsula and established a city called Gadir (which is modern day Cádiz) for easier access to silver and tin mines. However, the control of Carthage in the Iberian Peninsula was only in some parts, then the Romans finally drove them out. Due to tensions between the Romans and the Carthaginians in the Iberian Peninsula, the Second Punic War happened, where Hannibal crossed the Alps to invade Rome. But what if Carthage successfully controlled the entire Iberian Peninsula?

Scenario

In the 3rd century BC, there had been wars between Carthage and the Romans known as the Punic Wars, and it happened three times. During the First Punic War, between 264 and 241 BC, Carthage was defeated by the Romans, both in the real timeline and this alternative timeline scenario Pada Perang Punic Pertama, antara. However, the Second Punic War would have been won by Carthage despite the Carthaginians not invading Rome, but the Iberian Peninsula would have been part of another state which seceded from Carthage, and the state would have been called Carthago Magna (Great Carthage) by the Romans. But that does not mean that Carthago Magna would be under Carthaginian rule forever. In this alternative timeline, the emperor Augustus would make Carthago Magna as a territory of the Roman Empire, or in other words annex the region for the slave trade.

Because Carthago Magna became a Roman territory, the population would have been sent to other parts of the Roman Empire, such as the Italian Peninsula, Pannonia (modern-day Hungary), Dacia (modern-day Romania) and Anatolia because they would be perceived as potential rebels. In this alternative timeline, there would be a slave revolt in Pannonia, and it would not have been crushed because Pannonia was too far from Rome, even the Carthaginian kingdom based in Pannonia would become a powerful kingdom and control parts of modern-day Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine.

In this alternative timeline, the fall of the Roman Empire would still happen, and many nations considered as barbarians by the Romans would invade former Roman territory, including the Vandals and the Visigoths, then the Iberian Peninsula would have been invaded by the Muslim Arab kingdom, which would have been the Umayyads. However, there would have been a slight difference, because Assyrian slaves would have been sent to the Iberian Peninsula to crush the rebellion of the native people. Despite Assyrian slaves being sent to the Iberian Peninsula, there would have still been a slave rebellion and it would not be crushed because the Islamic kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula are too weak, even the territory controlled by Assyrian rebels would have been annexed by the Spanish Christian kingdom.

The Reconquista, a conflict between Muslim and Christian powers, would have still happened in this alternative timeline, and the expulsion of the Assyrians would have happened in terrirories controlled by the Spanish Christian kingdom (Castile) because they would have been perceived as the accomplices of the enemy (Moors). However, the Assyrians would have been granted autonomy and be allowed to live in the Canary Islands, which is Spanish territory.

The Spaniards and the Portuguese in this alternative timeline would have been the pioneers of exploration of the oceans, and there would be no significant difference between the real timeline and this alternative timeline. The difference would have been minor, which is in terms of the use of language in Spain, because there would have been Aramaic speakers, or to be more precise, it is Eastern Neo-Aramaic, in the Canary Islands. Post-Francoist Spain in this alternative scenario would have been different, in this case, the Canary Islands would have been granted greater autonomy akin to Catalonia and the Basque Country within the Spanish state.

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