Transcript Chapter 7 Continued: The Roman Republic 753 BC to 27 AD

Mr. King
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 Romans
defeat the Etruscans to the north
 By
275 BC, Romans conquer the Greeks
in southern Italy
 Carthage
at this time controls: northern
Africa, Spain, several islands
 Carthage
moves to take over Sicily
 Punic Wars
are named after Punici, which
is the Latin word for Phoenician
 Phoenicians
came from Carthage, located
on the northern coast of Africa
 Rome
and Carthage fight three wars
which last for 100 years
 The
first Punic War lasted 23 years from 264
BC to 241 BC
 Carthage
had a strong navy and a
population 3 times the size of Rome
(250,000 people)
 The
Romans used planks to attack enemy
ships
 In
241 BC the Roman army defeats the
Carthaginian navy
 218
BC Hannibal plans an attack on Rome
 Hannibal
is a great general; his army
consists of 60,000 soldiers, 38 elephants,
and cavalry
 His
troops march through the Alps which
is covered in snow; half his troops die
Soldiers attempt
To cross the Alps
 Hannibal’s
soldiers surprise the Romans in
the northern plain of Italy
 In
less than 2 years three Roman armies are
defeated
 The
 For
Romans retreat back to Rome
the next 15 years, Hannibal’s men attack
the Italian peninsula, destroying towns and
farmland
 The
Romans fight back and surprise
Hannibal by crossing the Mediterranean
Sea and attacking Carthage
 Hannibal
is forced to defend the homeland
 In
202 BC Roman general Scipio defeats
Hannibal’s army at Zama; most of Carthage’s
navy is destroyed
 Romans
now take control of Spain

149 BC the third Punic War begins

Carthage attacks an ally of Rome; Rome then
invades Carthage

Romans cut off all food supplies causing
Carthaginians to starve and die

Romans then burn the city down and sold
remaining people as slaves

Romans plow fields with salt so no new crops can
grow; Carthage is destroyed
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