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The Punic Wars
Rome vs. Carthage
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Punic War
• 264-241 BC
• Carthage threatened to seize Messina
(Sicily)
• Rome won: built a larger fleet, used new
tactics. Carthage paid a large indemnity
• Carthage general Hamilcar defeated in
Sicily, but fought well
Roman boat with a “corvus” (crow)
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Punic War (218-202 BC)
• Hannibal captured Spanish city allied
w/Rome
• March across Spain, Gaul (France), the Alps
into Italy
• Led 40,000 soldiers and 40 elephants
• Rome won
Hannibal’s Army Crossing The Alps
2nd Punic War (reasons for
victory and key people)
• Hannibal’s troops weakened despite
victories, Rome rallies & attacks under
Scipio, forcing Hannibal to return to Africa
• S. defeats H. at Zama, Carth. Gives up
Spain, warships, pays larger indemnity
• Key people: Hannibal & Scipio
Hannibal & Scipio
Battle of Zama
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Punic War (149-146 BC)
• Rome forced war;
Carthage was no longer a
real threat
• Rome wins and burns
Carthage; most
Carthaginians killed, rest
sold into slavery
• Rome in complete control
over the Mediterranean
(had also defeated the
Macedonians in the east
about this time)
• Cato, Roman Senator:
“Carthago delenda est”