>>18487293
He was rightly convinced that Carthage would always be able to make itself dangerous if left alone for long enough.
Hindsight makes it hard to deny his arguments as Carthage first, then Utica, Carthago Nova, Tunis all became key trade cities from which all sort of trade and pirate activity spread all across the Med.
Rome just could not afford to have a rival power within spitting distance of Sicily.

>>18487293
He coped and rent free over the fact, that Dido was a she-wolf who breastfeed two Roman founders