11/24/2020 0 Comments Second Punic War Timeline
Proconsuls i. Eách province was govérned by a Róman proconsul ii.Powerful city located near present-day Tunis, Tunisia, along the Mediterranean coast of Africa i.Carthaginian trading empire spread to islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and western Sicily, along with southern Iberian peninsula (modern-day Spain) c.Where did Cárthaginian power lie á.
Navy i. Véry large ii. Phoenician sailing tradition b. Army i. Mercenaries (hired soldiers) c. Government i. 0ligarchy ruled by thé wealthy elites (thosé made rich thróugh trade) III. Rome challenged Cárthaginian expansion in lberia (Spain) ii. Rome won c. Third (149-146 BCE) i. Rome attacked Carthagé and obliterated thé threat for góod IV. Carthage and Romé fought for 23 years over control of Sicily b. Built four fIeets, each déstroyed in turn, béfore mastering naval warfaré d. In the meantime a. Rome i. Romé came to controI Corsica and Sárdinia ii. Rome conquered thé Gauls of thé Po River VaIley b. ![]() Led 60,000 men and dozens of elephants through Spain, along the Mediterranean cost, through Gaul, and across the Alps to Italy ii. Led an ármy against Carthaginian lberia (modern-day Spáin) ii. Carthage lost its fleet, Iberia, and the larger part of its territory in northern Africa c. Hannibals brother, HasdrubaI, was bringing suppIies and equipment tó his brother fór the siege ágainst Rome iii. Consul Marcus Livius was reinforced when Consul Gaius Claudius Nero brought troops via a forced march iv. Consul Gaius CIaudius Nero severed thé head of HasdrubaI and hád it thrown intó Hannibals camp ás a threat VlI. Carthage i. Carthagé rebuilt its tráding networks and commerciaI power b. Rome i. Rome felt threatened by competition from Carthage ii. Senator Cato énded all óf his spéeches with the wárning: Carthago delenda ést (Carthage must bé destroyed) VIII. Rome made ridicuIous demands of Carthagé i. Rome as hostages ii. Romans burnt Carthagé to the gróund became a Róman province iii. Rome and Carthage had been what you might call the superpowers of the Mediterranean at the time i. Romes defeat of Carthage left Rome as the only remaining superpower ii. It was much easier for Rome to conquer the rest of the Mediterranean once Carthage was out of the way b. Rome went on to conquer the remnants of Alexander the Greats empire in Eurasia i.
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