October 2014 Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 5 1. Throughout the course of the Roman Republic‚ they were threatened by many different countries around them. They created a mighty military that crushed the Latin states. After that‚ they waged a war against the Samnites‚ and were victorious. They had a significant portion of Italy as a result‚ and came into direct contact with the Greeks. The Roman’s culture was greatly affected by the Greeks (such as adapting gods). Later on‚ the Romans crushed
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Prior to the Punic Wars‚ Rome was almost an exclusively land-based military. Their army was also made up of mostly citizen who enters into military service voluntarily who were well-trained to fight closely united. Carthage’s military system was more well-balanced to such
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and positive impact. Salmon‚ E. (1960). The Strategy of the Second Punic War. Greece & Rome‚ 7(2)‚ 131-142. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/641546 In the article the author Salmon argues that the strategy of the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War must be prepared from the end of the First Punic War. In the author’s opinion‚ the Carthaginians are making a basic structure of revenge strategy when they lose the first war‚ and Spain is very important for this strategy. The Carthaginians
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thought to most ancient Romans. It never carried the same prestige as that of a legionary. Before the First Punic War the Roman navy consisted mainly of allied ships and a few Roman ships that had crews that were very inexperienced. When entering the First Punic War they realized they needed to develop a navy to match the superior Carthaginian fleet. The fleet that the Romans had before the war would never withstand any naval battles. In building their navy‚ the Romans were able to utilize their resources
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blame for the Second Punic War Hannibal. Both they and Hannibal can be seen to share the responsibility for Carthage’s defeat in the Second Punic War. Hannibal’s quixotic plot to attack Rome without a veritable intention to destroy her left Carthage stranded in a war that would ultimately turn against her. However‚ the circumstances and misfortunes faced in a war on foreign soil against the might of Rome can at times be seen as beyond Hannibal’s control. Hannibal’s overall war strategy in Italy‚
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General who brought an end to the punic wars. Scipio’s father held the consulship in one of the most critical years of Rome’s history‚ 218 B.C. While with his father during a battle on the Ticinus‚ a young Scipio made his first mark on history‚ seeing that his father was wounded and cut off by the enemy‚ he charged at the enemy cavalry and saved him. Scipio africanus was an outstanding military leader who not only defeated hannibal but also ended the second punic war.+ Scipio was born into one of ancient
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Empire. Without that loyalty‚ Hannibal‚ one of the greatest Carthage generals to have lived‚ might have conquered Rome‚ but many of the territories resisted and would not turn[ CITATION Mor01 \l 1033 ]. In conclusion‚ Carnage‚ in the second Punic War‚ came very close to taking Italy‚ which leads many historians to believe them to have been as powerful as Rome‚ as it came very close to becoming a repeat of the catastrophe seen when the Gauls tore apart the Roman cities in a much earlier
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invitation of Messina‚ Rome eccepted because the conflict sparked an opportunity to declare war on Carthage. The Punic war extended over 100 years‚ finally after a long and costly war‚ Rome prevailed and won. The strange thing was that Carthage was pretty much done after the second Punic war‚ when Rome placed an unbearable conditions on the Carthaginians and destroyed their fleet‚ why did Rome go into a third war we ask? Rome knew that Carthage will always be a thorn in their side if they dont wipe
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well known or rich. He was still a child when his sisters married‚ and his brothers-in-law were close associates during his father ’s struggles in the Mercenary War and the Punic conquest of Iberia. To better understand Hannibal’s rise to greatness one needs to look into his father’s history. After Carthage ’s defeat in the First Punic War‚ Hamilcar set out to improve his family ’s and Carthage ’s fortunes. With that in mind and supported by Gades‚ Hamilcar began the subjugation of the tribes of
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Joyce Ann S. Ong III-Integrity The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. At the time‚ they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken place. The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus)‚ meaning "Carthaginian"‚ with reference to the Carthaginians’ Phoenician ancestry. The main cause of the Punic Wars was the conflict of interests between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. The Romans
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