What Are The Outcomes Of The Second Punic War

As we discuss the Second Punic war’s outcomes let us briefly point out how it unfolded. Carthage was a growing power. Rome knew this. Rome met them with some rules. The Carthaginians obliged. But the Carthaginians had a new commander which would change that pace of things. His name was Hannibal. Hannibal was destined to be on the offense against Rome, and the time had come when Quintus Fabius offered them peace and war, of which they chose either and the Second Punic wars broke out.

These are the outcomes of the second Punic wars up until the Battle of Cannae.

First Hannibal invaded Italy. Rome is defeated in Italy after a confrontation with Hannibal. P. Cornelius Scipio, a Roman commander was wounded on the north side of the Po, and then on the
A loss for the Roman army. Hannibal was good at choosing paths to travel. Rome was always assuming what Hannibal’s next power moves would be. Rome would continuously misguess Hannibals routes only to be ambushed and preyed upon by Hannibal’s army (Morey, 1901) like it so happened again at LakeTrasumenus in Spring of (B.C. 217). The Romans were losing soldiers in the ten-thousands range. Then the Romans in their distress appointed a dictator, Fabius Maximus. Fabius wasn’t aggressive against Hannibal. He was surely his foe, but Fabius tried to make some non-hasty decisions that would further absolutely damage Rome. Hannibal would continuously harass the Romans under the dictatorship of Fabius. Hannibal attacked Italy, who was until the end ever so faithful to Rome, (Morey 1901.) Fabius’s rule against Hannibal and Hannibal’s attack on Rome was mild if any. The Romans changed their strategy then. Instead of a