pounds of armour‚ weapons and supplies. Rome considered Carthage a threat to its allies in southern Italy and to the supply of grain in the island of Sicily. The series of wars that Rome fought with Carthage were called the Punic Wars. (Punic Wars‚ n.d.) Rome began the war with a stronger army for it could
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the Carthaginian thalassocracy‚ these cities became the two major powers in the Western Mediterranean – a signal of the imminent war. The First Punic War war begun in 264 BC‚ when the city of Messana asked for Carthage’s help in dealing with Hiero II of Syracuse. After the Carthaginian intercession‚ Messana asked Rome to expel the Carthaginians. Rome entered this war because Syracuse and Messana were too close of the newly conquered Greek cities of Southern Italy and Carthage was now able to make
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fiercest enemy to the Roman civilization. At the end of the Republic though‚ Carthage became Rome’s biggest rival and enemy. These battles were to identify which one will gain the supremacy or dominion over the world. Being aware of the impact of those wars‚ the Romans had done the essential by winning the fight; something that resulted in the
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castle all day. Rome avoided being attacked by beating the enemy to the attack. One example of Roman violence in all three Punic wars‚ Rome declared rome on Carthage and didn’t leave them alone until 3 wars later when most of the Carthaginians were killed‚ and those that were not were sold to slavery. But I am getting ahead of myself‚ back to the beginning of the 1st punic war. War was declared in 264 BC on the day that rome decided it was a good idea to interfere with a clash on western Sicily‚ a Carthaginian
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born into the Scipio family‚ which is a famous and one of the great patrician families in Rome. Scipio’s father‚ grandfather‚ and great-grandfather had all been consuls. The greatest influence on his life is the second Punic War. Scipio had his greatest developments during this war‚ and he would eventually save the Roman Republic from the Carthaginians. His first major battle was when his father‚ also Publius Scipio‚ was ambushed by Hannibal Barca. Livy records that while his father was wounded and
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247 B.C. and from an earlier age‚ he was taught by his father‚ who was also a Carthaginian general‚ to hate the Romans. Hannibal‚ at the age of 26‚ attacked Sagunto Spain with the army he was given. This was the invasion that started the second Punic War. Hannibal took an army of over 100‚00 men with him and 37 elephants with him over the Pyrenees and Alps. This long journey covered over 1‚000 miles. Hannibal
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stemmed from his involvement in the Punic Wars. The tactics he employed and the threat he posed to Rome‚ led to changes in their military and magistracies and his influence in Carthage was to oversee it becoming “energetically outward-looking… constantly evolving and… more and more attuned to Hellenistic Greek civilization (Hoyos‚ 2008). Hannibal’s influence came as a result of his involvement in the Punic Wars. The question of whether the Second Punic War was of Hannibal’s making is debated
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the 2nd Punic War. Therefore‚ we will be focusing on the time period starting from 500 BC till the end of the 2nd Punic War (202 BC). Under Commerce‚ we are focusing on international trade (trade between The Carthage Empire‚ North Africa and other cities of the Iberian Peninsula) and how it became an international metropolis due to its strategic location near the Mediterranean trade routes. Under Conflict‚ we are focusing on military (advanced navy) and territorial expansion (Punic Wars). We will
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Elephants in War: Was Hannibal’s Reliance on Elephants in his armies Directly Related to the Fall of Carthage to Rome in the Second Punic War? By: Cameron McCurdy History Saint John High school February 23‚ 2014 Candidate: 000320 0014 Advisor: Ms Maryanne Lewell Word Count: 3055 Abstract: This essay‚ which examines all the available evidence for Hannibal ’s use of elephants in the Second Punic War‚ refutes the contention that Hannibal was
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SMC civilization historical Terms that are up on the board you need to know the ones crossed out you don’t need to know but should be in the notes. Mediterranean world- BCE=BC CE=AD Hellenistic period starts with alexander the great conquering the east Mediterranean everyone learns Greek (kione/ common) Greek is common culture . Roman republic takes over Mediterranean and adopt the Greek culture during the 700 year period Europe Africa and Asia are more connected than they will be until the 20th
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