What if Carthage Had Won Punic Wars?

Ancient Rome was unquestionably the major influencer of European culture that still resonates to this day. If you are a European, living in Europe, or from a country that is highly influenced by European culture like America, then you would be hard-pressed to go a day without stumbling upon a structural or cultural meme that is not connected to ancient Rome in some way.
The Romans defined Europe. They set the precursors for its current geographical boundaries, language differences, and even its major religions and systems of democracy. With our current social, cultural, and political situation still so closely tied to our Roman ancestors, it is hard to believe that it could have easily been quite different.

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