Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5342139-20160428003224/@comment-28819432-20161010235201

However if Commander Tool Belts second guess is true there's only one group of people that would connect all three of them, a country Riordan has hinted at but never actually confirmed the existence of, Carthage. Also, besides the Norse, all three of his already existing cultures have reason to hate Carthage, it wasn't very well liked back then as the existing propaganda can attest to. Finally, the gods and goddesses of ancient Carthage are on totally different levels than all of the current ones, their version of Aphrodite is also their goddess of war, their two main deities, Ba'al Hammon and Tanit, comparable to Cronus and Hera, respectfully, rule over the sky and Carthage itself while Tanit is a defender Goddess, Ba'al Hammon had an elite spear infantry devoted to him known as the sacred band. I could go on for hours but I'll stop myself.