Ancient.eu says that “he is considered one of the greatest generals of antiquity and his tactics are still studied and used in the present day.” The first war was fought between Carthage and Rome for power over the mediterranean sea region. The second war had just been followed by the first for power. Hannibal had Carthage take over Saguntum. Saguntum was allied with Rome and then let them know what had happened.…
What do Livy and Polybius pinpoint as the causes of the Second Punic War? Why should historians treat their interpretations with caution? The Second Punic War of 218-201BC demonstrated a challenge for Rome to prove its power against Carthage, and to finally establish itself as the greatest and most powerful city-state of the Mediterranean. The accounts of Roman historian Livy and Greek historian Polybius allow events surrounding the Second Punic War to be analyzed and explained in terms of significance and effect to determine what caused this infamous war.…
Cleopatra joins Caesar in Rome. Her brother/husband Ptolemy XIV accompanies her. Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV are housed in a villa belonging to Caesar on the outskirts of Rome. Caesar orders that a gold-plated statue of Cleopatra be placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix. Caesar's clan, the Julians, were supposedly descended from Venus.…
One of his most popular accomplishments was at the episode of the Second Punic War, when he walked an armed force, which included elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into Italy. In his initial couple of years in Italy, he won three emotional triumphs Trebia, Trasimene, and Cannae, in which he separated himself for his capacity to focus his and his rival's qualities and shortcomings, and to play the fight to his qualities and the foe's shortcomings and won over numerous partners of Rome. Hannibal involved much of Italy for a long time, yet a Roman counter-attack of North Africa constrained him to come back to Carthage, where he was unequivocally vanquished by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama. Scipio had considered Hannibal's strategies and splendidly concocted some of his own, lastly crushed Rome's adversary at Zama, having at one time driven Hasdrubal, Hannibal's sibling, out of the Iberian…
Because of their centralization, Carthage is able to become a strong empire based on trade in the west Mediterranean. Since Aristotle praised Carthage in his book for having an excellent government, then this means that it was believed that a centralized government was an effective way to lead. According to Bentley, the rulers of the Qin dynasty also believed that having a centralized reign was strong. This is proven because Qin rulers try to use a highly centralized imperial rule to unite China. Although the Qin dynasty eventually collapsed, they were able to…
Scipio Africanus The second Punic War was ended a year after the battle of zama-- that in which Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal Barca, which is to be believed to be the reason that Carthage surrendered. He also managed to make Rome out to be a savior of the people when he conquered previously Carthage occupied towns. Scipio Africanus directly impacted Rome through his military career and his work in the senate. Scipio Africanus started his military career before the age of eighteen, when his father brought him into battle as a Tribune.…
Hannibal was a Carthaginian general who is considered to be one of the most talented and able field commanders. Although the military strategies that were used during this time were few and far between, Hannibal, who would fight like no other, would use his wits to outsmart the Romans in many battles. Hannibal could be called the general who won the battle and lost the war because of his new military formation that would win the Battle of Cannae, his Hellenistic approach to war and his tactics that would later be used against him to end the Second Punic War. Hannibal began the Second Punic War when he attacked the city of Saguntum, which was a Roman ally, and then continued on his conquest and "terrified the Romans by marching troops and war elephants over the Alps into Italy", through northern Italy and into Roman territory, capturing cities along the way (Hunt, Martin, Rosenwein & Smith, 2012).…
The writing I selected was a paper submitted to my history professor detailing the accounts of the 2nd Punic War in Carthage. This was a comment on the fairly powerful passage from “The Punic Wars” by Adrian Goldsworthy, which focused on the conditions and treatments of the slaves in the Punic War. They were given barely enough food to survive, and they made to march many miles. Civilians were very sympathetic to the slaves, but if they tried to feed the slaves, the food would be stolen by the governors. The only nomininlazation in the whole paper was in the last sentence in the last sentence.…
Tiberius and Gaius (Caius) Gracchus were the sons of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Cornelia Africana—the daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the famed hero of the Second Punic War. These brothers were reformers whose reforms would greatly alter Rome. Who are they and what exactly did they bring about? I will start with the eldest of these brothers—Tiberius Gracchus. He was born around 164 B.C. in Rome.…
Military tactics have evolved throughout history, one of the most important examples is the battle of Cannae. Facing all-out war against Rome for the second time, Carthage employed tactics the likes of which had not been seen. Hannibal Barca during the second Punic war forced Rome’s hand at the Battle of Cannae. Utilizing previous battle experience, the unorthodox makeup of his army and his overwhelming military tactics. Following the events of the first Punic war between Rome and carthage, Spain was divided into two parts.…
Carthaginians who were “unaware that the Senate had secretly decided “to destroy Carthage for good, once the war was ended,” (Kiernan 50) surrendered their weapons to Rome leaving them defenseless. The last ridiculous demand instigated a three-year war when the Carthaginians said no, the demand that the Carthaginians “abandon their city, deserting their shrines and cults.” (Kiernan 50) was rejected. During the Third Punic War there was such a high number of casualties that the “Carthaginians were “utterly exterminated” (Kiernan 50). After absolutely decimating the Carthaginian population, the surviving Carthaginian population became slaves and the Roman army put salt on the remains of Carthage so that nothing could grow there again (Hubbard Feb 22).…
According to Mao Zedong’s journey, Hannibal Barca’s journey, and North Korea’s journey, there are several similarities and differences between their journeys. First of all, every journey was long journey with heaps of obstacles. Secondly, the journey from North Korea is very recent, but the other twos are quite some time in the past. Next, the destination for North Korean is South Korea, but the other two were Shaanxi and Italy. Another difference is the number of people in journey.…
Rome’s military was active throughout 322 BC-324 AD. In 264 BC Rome was involved in the Punic Wars with Carthage, a rival of the Roman empire. Rome emerged victorious and gained territory in Corsica, Sardinia, and Carthage. Near the middle of the time period, Julius Caesar's army conquered Gaul from 58-51 BC. During the latter parts of the time period, Constantine invaded italy in 312 AD.…
Before the war Carthage was the major power in what is now modern day Tunisia. After laying waste to Carthage the Romans were now virtually in control of the entire Mediterranean. Besides their massive body count the Romans were able to employ a second war innovation. War ethos. The war ethos for the Roman people was far larger than any other empire…
Carthage was the location where the Phoenicians settled in 800 BCE (Duiker). The reason for the Punic Wars was the land of Sicily. Both cities wanted control of Sicily for its strong economy. War 1 happened from 264 BCE-241 BCE and War 2 occurred from 218 BCE-201 BCE. The wars were fought against the same cities, were both about Sicily, and Rome won both wars, but the first two Punic Wars were substantially different.…