Roman Violence
Mitch For some people violence isn’t the answer, but in the roman’s case it worked pretty well.The Romans, who were on ef the greatest groups of warriors, managed to keep their reign for 507 years. They didn’t do this by sitting around in a castle all day. Rome avoided being attacked by beating the enemy to the attack. One example of Roman violence in all three Punic wars, Rome declared rome on Carthage and didn’t leave them alone until 3 wars later when most of the Carthaginians were killed, and those that were not were sold to slavery. But I am getting ahead of myself, back to the beginning of the 1st punic war. War was declared in 264 BC on the day that rome decided it was a good idea to interfere with a clash on western Sicily, a Carthaginian
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The Carthaginians expanded their military grasp and established a base in Spain or at the time Iberia. During this time the Carthaginian army was lead by Hamilcar Barca and his son in law, Hasdrubal. But before all of this could happen Hamilcar Barca made his son swear a blood oath. Hannibal, Hamilcar’s son took control of the Carthaginian forces in 221 B.C. that were currently based in Iberia. It was thought that carthaginian troops in Iberia numbered about 90,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and 37 war elephants. Hannibal’s plan to invade Rome required him and his army to cross the Pyrenees, the Rhone River, and the Alps and wind up in Italy ready to fight. His march would cover about 1,000 miles and would be known as one of the more famous campaigns in campaign history. His journey was long one and it was not going to be easy, but on the other side of the mountains sat Rome that had little clue of what was going on. Hannibal was forced to leave many siege engines as well as supplies that would have slowed his trek into Rome. The supplies that Hannibal meant to march with would not have been the only thing slowing him down, he had to battle various tribes, weather, and the overall incline. 17 days later and with only 26,000 men and a handful of elephants Hannibal's historic march was over, but his invasion had just kicked up. The Carthaginians had the element of surprise on their side and could have walked
The Carthaginians expanded their military grasp and established a base in Spain or at the time Iberia. During this time the Carthaginian army was lead by Hamilcar Barca and his son in law, Hasdrubal. But before all of this could happen Hamilcar Barca made his son swear a blood oath. Hannibal, Hamilcar’s son took control of the Carthaginian forces in 221 B.C. that were currently based in Iberia. It was thought that carthaginian troops in Iberia numbered about 90,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and 37 war elephants. Hannibal’s plan to invade Rome required him and his army to cross the Pyrenees, the Rhone River, and the Alps and wind up in Italy ready to fight. His march would cover about 1,000 miles and would be known as one of the more famous campaigns in campaign history. His journey was long one and it was not going to be easy, but on the other side of the mountains sat Rome that had little clue of what was going on. Hannibal was forced to leave many siege engines as well as supplies that would have slowed his trek into Rome. The supplies that Hannibal meant to march with would not have been the only thing slowing him down, he had to battle various tribes, weather, and the overall incline. 17 days later and with only 26,000 men and a handful of elephants Hannibal's historic march was over, but his invasion had just kicked up. The Carthaginians had the element of surprise on their side and could have walked