 This is why Mago did not seem to actively pursue the goal set by Carthage – to march south and join Hannibal.This call was spurred by the raids of C. Laelius, a legate of Scipio, on the African mainland, plundering the environs of Hippo Regius during the same summer (205 BC).Faced with the impending invasion of Scipio himself, the Carthaginians took all efforts to prevent it.