Punic Wars Flashcards
Hannibal, battles, pyrrhus
Who invaded?
The Gauls at 390 BC
- Threat of the North, and Carthaginians are a threat from the South
Marcus Furius Camillus
Marcus Furius Camillus is a semi-legendary Roman statesman and politician during the early Roman republic who is most famous for his capture of Veii and defence of Rome from Gallic sack after the Battle of the Allia.
Pyrrhus Epirius
An invader of Rome
Hannibal
Why did he hate Rome so much?
Carthaginian who was raised to hate Rome. He was a leader in the first and second Punic wars.
His dad, Hamilcar, made him swear on an alter against Rome.
Punica Fides
Punic faithfulness. An ironic expression that the phoneticians (Carthaginian ethnic group) will try to con you.
Carthaginians
Believed to be exceptionally cruel by Livy
Punic Wars and 3 important battles won by Hannibal
A total of three.
Hannibal sieges a demilitarized zone called the Saguntum
Then attacks during Roman Confusion
Important Battles/Catastrophes for the Romans in the Second Punic War
1) Trebia Lake
2) Trasimeul
3) Cannae Apulia - Totally destroyed Roman Army
Why does Hannibal not march to Rome (Capitoline Hill) after three significant victories
“Coup de main” was possible
- Was too sanguine of hope for Hannibal
- too optimistic
Hannibal’s mistake that saved the empire
Quintus Fabius Maximus
General who never engaged in Hannibal directly
“Cuncta tor” - hesitator
Hannibal was driven out of Italy and defeated in Zama.
Titled “Africanas” - for defeating him on his own turf
Samnite Wars
This happened
Where gladiator fights originated
3rd Century is the time of ____
Why do they happen?
The first Punic war
“Revenge”of Dido
A treaty over land, Sicily.
Antiochus 3rd
Ruler of Syria
One of Alexander the Great’s great general
How did Hannibal invade Italy?
He used an elephant to cross the Himalayas
Hannibal’s End
Was driven back by Romans to North Africa
Never retired and commits suicide at age 80
Cornelius Nepos
Wrote a short prose biography of Hannibal
