Hannibal sends his army in echelon formation to envelop the roman flanks but ends up loosing the battle. The Battle of Zama was the last and decisive victory to the second Punic war. Zama was one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome and resulted in the destruction of Carthage and is annexed by Rome. A modern but similar battle to Zama was the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon‚ another legendary general‚ led the French to battle against the English and their allies. Although Napoleon had a great reputation
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6. Mani- of Iranian origin was the prophet and the founder of Manichaeism‚ a religion of Late Antiquity | 7. Zoroastrian leaders- | 8. Marcus Aurelius- Marcus Aurelius‚ was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD | 9. St. Cyprian- was bishop of Carthage and an important Early Christian writer | 10. Yellow Turban uprising- The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in 184 AD in China during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty | 11. Diocletian- Diocletian was a Roman Emperor from 284 to 305
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fire-arms and cannons (powered by gunpowder) for combating the Mongolians in the East and Native Americans in the West. In addition with the advancements of aerospace technologies‚ warfare has changed more than ever. Although the way Rome fought Carthage was different from how America invaded Iraq‚ there were still some similarities. One similarity between the early and modern soldiers is that they would both wear armor. During the times of Pericles and Julius Caesar‚ the average soldier would wear
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The Legend of Rome Romulus and Remus Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. Their father was Mars‚ the God of War‚ their mother was Rhea Silvia‚ a vestal virgin and daughter of the King‚ Numitor. Numitor’s brother‚ Amulius‚ had taken the throne from him and had forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin so that she would not have any children who might try to take back the throne. When the boys were born‚ Amulius seized them‚ put them into a basket and threw them into the river Tiber. He hoped
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St. Augustine ’s Confessions: The Connection between Character and Evil Saint Augustine ’s powerful prayer to God tells the story of his struggles that led towards his conversion to Christianity. This journey toward Christ was difficult for Augustine‚ as it required him to overcome his misunderstanding of evil and his own sin. In Augustine ’s adolescents‚ a strong desire for lust overtook his life‚ not only hurting him spiritually‚ but also hurting the one woman who supported his conversion‚ his
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Similarities in the failures of Xerxes’ invasion of Greece and the Sicilian Expedition On paper‚ Xerxes and the Persians‚ along with Alcibiades and his Athenians‚ would be overwhelmingly favored to win over Greece and Sicily. However‚ although both the Athenians and Persians not only far outnumbered their opponents in manpower‚ weaponry‚ and utilities‚ they still shockingly were both beaten and sent back to their homelands. The reasons for why two superpowers such as these would fall to a cluster
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can smoke the bees out. After smoking the bees out of the hive‚ he realizes that it was a terrible thing to do and he believes that tragedies can exist on a small scale as well. But he lifts the scale high up when he talks about the destruction of Carthage by Rome and Troy by Greece. The poem Rocket Show is about a fireworks display held on an Otago beach. In many of Baxter’s poems he describes his inner feelings using natural settings around him. The simile ‘love grows like a crocus bulb in winter’
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entertainment including gambling with ivory dice‚ music and dancing (for religious reasons and pleasure)‚ playing board games similar to chess and backgammon and watching ant taking part in sports. Etruscans traded goods and metals with the Greeks‚ Carthage‚ Syria and many other Mediterranean countries. Merchants traded for luxury items like gold‚ silver and ivory. Etruscans were also very religious‚ much like many other tribes of the ancient world. Their religion was deeply influenced by eastern
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Comparing and Contrasting Ancient Rome with Ancient China Over the course of history there have been many empires that amass enough wealth and influence to be considered major world powers. Two of these empires are ancient China‚ and ancient Rome. Though they shared similarities‚ they were fundamentally different in several ways. Both the Chinese and Roman empires were vast and powerful. They each encompassed a diverse group of people in different areas- whether states or polis. They both participated
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in Italy began its expansion projects‚ they quickly conquered the vast majority of cities in the Mediterranean and furiously engaged the Carthaginians in a tough battle. This expansion of the Romans greatly worried the Greek who offers to help the Carthage fight against the Roman. However‚ the strong and well-equipped armies of Roman effectively crushed the Carthaginian resistance and eventually defeated them. The Greek providing assistance to the Carthaginian during that war enormously angered the
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