Carthage

In ancient history, Carthage was the leader in western Mediterranean and Rome the leader in the Italian peninsula were two great empires of the west. Carthage was the first foreign power with which Rome came in contact with out of Italy. Carthage and Rome were two great rivals that nearly equal resources and strength (Morey, 1901). Rome had a much better organizational structure while Carthage was wealthier. Rome had a better army while Carthage had a very powerful navy. Both fought wars to have…

Tension built between Rome and Carthage, finally reaching the breaking point in 264 BC. The first Punic War started because Rome was afraid that Carthage would control the Mediterranean Sea and Carthage feared that Rome would conquer their colonies on the island of Sicily. When the war began, Rome used land tactics at sea which hadn’t been done before. Their newly formed navy would ram enemy ships and use “boarding bridges” to board Carthaginian ships. This allowed them to do something they…

The second Punic war was the result of the growing rivalry between the two great powers that were now struggling for supremacy in the western Mediterranean (Rome and Carthage), with the trigger of the war being the rapid growth of the Carthaginian dominion in Spain, with Carthage building up a great empire in the Spanish peninsula, expecting to raise new armies to invade Italy. The second Punic war was a conflict of a military Carthaginian genius called Hannibal against Rome, and later…

ideal for Calvary a military strength of Carthage. Cannae was also a critical supply city to the Roman army, Hannibal’s army had food and other military supplies giving them another advantage. The battle took place during the Second Punic War, after two battles in which resulted in Carthage being victorious. The Roman army outnumbered the Carthaginian army, but Hannibal employed tactical…

Introduction: Carthage and Rome became two super powers in the Mediterranean Peninsula. The paper discusses the strength and conflicts of these two superpowers to control the Western Mediterranean and how Rome became a ultimate naval power in that reason after defeating Carthage in the second Punic War.. Carthage was a much older empire than Rome located at today’s Tunesia, North Africa. It was founded by the Phoenecians which is known as Lebanon in modern days. ‘Punic’ word came from the word…

They came to a clash because Romans started to conquer Sicilian cities and became allies with Syracuse. During the 260 B.C. Romans began to be at war with Carthage in seas at first and after they won their first naval war, at Mile with 120 ships, Romans decided to attack the city of Carthage in the year 256 B.C. In 241 B.C. the first Punic was ends when Lutatius won against Hamilcar near the Lipari islands. The second Punic war began a few decades after in the year 218 B…

the Alps to assault Rome in their home territory, his most famous achievement, and fought a war that soaked Italy in blood for more than a decade. In the end, due to lack of support from Carthage, Hannibal was unable to take Rome itself, though he defeated many Roman armies, and he was forced to return to Carthage to defend it against a Roman counterattack. He lost much of his force on the way, and was defeated for the first time in North Africa, sealing Roman victory and dominance in the…

were an important part of Roman History starting in 264 BCE (Duiker). The Romans and taken over what they wanted in Italy and were on a quest to conquer the entire Mediterranean area. There were Three Punic Wars and they were between Rome and Carthage. 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…

A man by the name of Hannibal Barca, was a general for Carthage. He lived from 247 BC to 183 BC. He was known as Rome’s greatest enemy (Hoyos 1). He made his greatest impact during the Second Punic War against the Roman Empire. His animosity for the Romans was influenced by his father and his unique tactics used in the Second Punic War were innovative but they did not win him the war. Hannibal Barca’s hatred started when he born; he was born into a Roman-hating family. His father, Hamilicar…

a great and long period of Roman’s history over wars basically known as the first and the Second Punic War in around 200s BCE. The main reason was gaining lots of territories or empire with great battles among Rome and several others as its rival Carthage. Rome had acquired most of the western Mediterranean in the era of fifty years and at this moment had to alter or fine-tune its administration, foreign policy, finances, and alliance system to decree these territories. The Second Punic War…