Third Punic War

he was present, largely influenced by where his life circumstances restricted or presented opportunity for him to travel. After the defeat of Macedon in 168 BC, Polybius was removed to Rome for an indefinite detention on political grounds. There he became the friend and adviser to Scipio Aemilianus, a son of the conqueror of Macedon. It was through this friendship that Polybius was granted the freedom of movement and had the opportunity to additionally visit Africa, Spain, Gaul, and Carthage during his life time. In 150 BC Polybius 's detention ended and he was allowed to return to Greece, though subsequently accompanied Scipio Aemilianus to Carthage during the Third Punic War. Polybius intended his works to be a history of practical benefit to future statesman, insisting the historian himself must have participated in war and politics first hand to bring that element of practicality to historical works in general – an element which arguably Polybius 's works did indeed possess. The historical literature of Polybius thusly provides a lasting insight into the early history of the Roman Empire and decline of the Roman Republic. The passage marks the end of Polybius 's writings on the history of the Rome. In retrospect, it leaves the reader at the point in time wherein the Roman Republic begins to experience the sort of internal strife that ultimately will bring about the transition of Rome into an imperial state. The passage 's ultimate thesis is that all forms of government…

destruction “in whole or in part, [of] a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such” (Kiernan 51). There are many similarities and differences between the Carthaginian genocide by Romans and the Spartan genocide by Athenians such as the conquest of land, domination, the cult of antiquity and war. Carthage is founded by Phoenicians in 813 BCE, it became “the richest city in the Mediterranean”…

During the development of the Roman culture and civilization the Roman army and war helped to shape Roman history. Although the government, culture and economy did play a part as well. Wars like the three Punic wars helped to shaped Roman history, it allowed for expansion within the Roman Empire(Williamson). The Punic wars lasted over 100 years but in the end proved that Rome was a super power and that its empire and the people within it desired to be the best in the Western Mediterranean. Due…

depended on its people’s character. Before the Punic Wars, Rome was not seen as a major power in the Mediterranean. However, by the outbreak of the first Punic War, Rome had decent control over most of mainland Italy. Each individual community fell into a clearly defined category. The first Punic war was a fight over control of Sicily. During this time Rome had a strong Army while Carthage had a strong Navy. During the war the king of Syracuse switched sides on multiple occasions. Also during…

Midterm Essay B The Punic Wars were a series of three wars that occurred between the Romans and the Carthaginians. Although before the Punic Wars Romans were feared by many nations, the power they obtained afterwards was more significant than the potential they previously had. These three wars are consider extremely crucial to the history of Rome because during the wars Rome developed new technology and adapted different war strategies, they began to conquer nations over seas, and lastly Rome…

The Punic wars are series of three conflicts between the Carthaginian republic and the Roman republic; they last about a century. These wars mainly based on a conflict of interests between both Romans and Carthaginians. The first one wanted the Sicily that the Carthaginians controlled, and the last one to control Italy and the Mediterranean. Indeed historian related that at the beginning of the First Punic War, Carthage was a dominant power in the Mediterranean Sea, an important rival of the…

2. Briefly discuss the Punic Wars. Why did they start and what was the ultimate impact all of this fighting had on Rome? The Romans had engaged in many wars because they did not want their neighboring countries to have more power than them or worried about those people becoming powerful. However, of all the wars that the Romans were involved in, the most memorable one is the Punic Wars. The First Punic War took place in (264-241 B.C.E), the cause of this particular war was because the Romans…

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…

ancient “superpowers” in the second and third centuries. Their rivalry led to two wars known as the First Punic War and Second Punic War. The Romans defeated the Carthaginians in this struggle for power over the Mediterranean, leaving Carthage greatly diminished as a military power. What series of events led to this? Established in 814 BC, Carthage was originally a Phoenician colony on the northern coast of Africa, where modern-day Tunisia is located.1 Hence, the word punic, a Roman adjectival…

changed around 146 B.C., when slavery officially became the driving force of Roman economy (“Effects of Conquest in Rome”, 2007). Many of the slaves were small farmers who had lost their land during the Second Punic War, and needed a way of making end’s meet. Hannibal’s invasion caused the destruction of their land (farmers burned their land to prevent Hannibal from living off of it during his stay there). Because most of these farmers did not have the money to restore their farmland,…