Punic Wars Flashcards
1
Q
First war
A
- Rome built a navy using Carthage ship as model, containing larding bridges
- fought in the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily
- carthage surrendered after 23 years
- had to pay Rome $$
- forced to give up Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia
2
Q
Second war
A
- carthage expanded empire into Spain
- hannibal
- 25 year old Carthaginian/Spanish general-assembled an army -foot soldiers, Cavalry, elephants -marched across the alps into northern Italy -defeated and controlled area
- scipio -Roman general -conquered Spain that was controlled by Carthage
- problems for Hannibal -ran out of equipment to attack- ran out of men -no help from Spain
- rome invades Carthage lead by scipio
- Hannibal called back to Carthage to fight
- lost first major battle
3
Q
Third battle
A
- rome declares war on Carthage
- crushed them completely
- Carthage was destroyed
- Rome was in supreme power in the Mediterranean
4
Q
Who
A
Rome vs Carthage
