Ah, yes. The other 'Works As Designed' feature of the EU series. Basically it comes down to this: You cannot annex a country if they have more than one province. To defeat Carthage you will need to fight several wars, demanding more territory and forcing to cede core provinces until they have only one province left. I think it has been like this this since the first EU.
I would advice having a look over on the Paradox forum for information on how to deal with this. some people seem to like it, others hate it. Personally, I think the problem comes from the tiny amount of land the AI is frequently willing to cede you. I have been known to use a cheat code in the past to get more accurate settlements but I hate having to do that. The problem I think stems from the fact that Paradox haven't realised that the Classical era isn't the middle ages.
Anyway, I have to go. I have a very stupid four way war being fought at the moment. It's doing my head in.
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