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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Carthage vs. Rome Carthage and Rome are very similar in some ways‚ the origin of both of them are almost lost in the clouds of tradition. Rome and Carthage were both had big ambitions‚ they wanted to conquer more countries and expand their dominion‚ to be supreme in Mediterranean. The origin of Cartage was lost‚ all we knew is that Phoenicians from Tyre settled there‚ and the territory was acquired from native Africa. The governments in Cartage and Rome were similar outwardly. There were two
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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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city-states of the first major civilization of Sumer . From approximately 2000 B.C.E two Mediterranean civilizations‚ Greece and Rome dominated the region Sometime around 1900 B.C.E.‚ the cities of the IndusValley were abandoned‚ for reasons that remain unknown today By around 1700 B.C.E.‚ the civilization had been completely over thrown‚ however‚ it’s conquerors adopted many Sumerian traditions and technologies . The Akkadians major contribution was they developed the first known code of laws
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Rome from his father‚ Hamilcar Barca. Hamilcar was also a hero and military leader and conquered much of Spain; he inspired Hannibal to hate Rome and trained him from boyhood for leadership and battle. While Hamilcar lead the first Punic war‚ the second and third Punic wars were lead by Hannibal and his multicultural armies. Hannibal not only relied on his devoted armies but he had both elephants and cavalry to add both surprise and strategy. Hannibal’s army was composed mainly of troops from
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There is no doubt that Western History is filled with brutal wars and combats. Blood was spilled and men were killed in order to bring their nation to victory. These fights could not be avoided for it was in their nature to expand the territory of their empire and seek for more power. Many leaders were able to skillfully direct their armies to triumph. But as victorious as they were‚ no one can deny the fact that there were as many battles lost as there were won. According to a Greek Historian names
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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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world‚ it had a lot of land to gain and a lot of wars to fight. The largest‚ and probably most important wars‚ was called the Punic Wars‚ which was fought between Rome and Carthage. There was a series of three wars‚ lasting between 264 BCE until 146 BCE. The motives of these wars are complex‚ but essentially each city-state was determined to conquer the other in an attempt to gain territory for trade and economic expansion. Prior to the first war‚ Rome and Carthage signed peace treaties in the
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As mentioned before‚ Hannibal crossed the Alps and Apennines to his great difficulty and bereavement. Not only did this journey cost him most of his elephants‚ but he also lost a large portion of his soldiers. Crossing the mountain ranges resulted in the loss of approximately 13‚333 men‚ which makes up a third of the forty-thousand men that he originally had. It is important to note‚ though‚ that this was the best case scenario for Hannibal. Had he decided to bring heavy siege equipment that he needed
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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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