Why The Romans Won The Second Punic War?

The Second Punic War, of course after the first, dated 218-202 BC. Rome and Carthage were fighting this war. The Romans were known for fighting on land, and The Carthaginians were known for being one with the sea. Carthage also had Hannibal, son of a general during the First Punic War Hannibal, arguably the greatest general of all time, “...no Roman could compare with him,” was known for his creative and unique tactics (Outlines of Roman History). Even fighting against the Carthaginians again did not scare the Romans a single bit. Amazingly, the Romans out smarted the Carthaginians The Romans persevered and ultimately won the war. Why and how they beat this master of warfare we do not know, but we can say that there was a fatal flaw that seemed undiscoverable was found. Even though Carthage, in many ways dominated Rome, Carthage could have won the war but because of a chain of events, he had never dealt with, …show more content…
He became a bad sport as soon as soon as he lost a battle. When his brother got into the mix it seemed for the better because it was a family tradition.It’s all about family. When you’re a war general, everyone in your family wants to be war general. When you’re president, everyone in your family wants to be as well. In one case following in your father’s footsteps had a good outcome (Bush), but in other cases could lead to disaster (Jeb Bush). So in one sense, they lost the war because of Hasdrubal. Because of the first lost, Hannibal had to use untrained troops. He then gives an “encouraging” speech to his veterans and they lose the war. At that time, Hannibal loses hope and surrenders. He took pity on himself. Sometimes you can’t catch ‘em all, sometimes your power level is only at 8,999, he wasn’t used to the feeling of lost. Being the amazing war general he was, he could have sprung back into action. Another reason the Carthaginians lost the war was because Hannibal took pity on himself and gave