Abstract The Carthage Empire was formed in 814 B.C. According to legend‚ this was when Princess Dido‚ of Tyre fled from her home‚ current day Lebanon. This was to escape from the clutches of her brother Pygmalion who had killed her husband‚ heir to the throne of Tyre after her father died. She fled across the Mediterranean with some citizens of Tyre and landed at the tip of Northern Africa‚ Carthage or current day Tunisia. There‚ she saw that Carthage was almost like an island jutting out into
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First Punic War In time because of the competitive nature of trade within the Mediterranean which included the Carthaginians‚ the Greeks and Rome‚ conflict arose. The First Punic War was a conflict between Carthage (in Africa) and Rome (in Europe). The source of the initial conflict was that Carthage had attempted to set up a garrison on the island of Sicily in the City of Messina. A garrison is a place where troops are stationed to defend a city or fortress. A war between the two great powers began
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treatment Carthage received after the war. Putting restrictions to such a vast empire was never going to go well with the Carthaginian leaders; Hamilcar and his son Hannibal. Even more so when the Carthage Empire was still a powerful state and could probably still match Rome in war. Also the fact that hatred towards the Romans had increased and many wanted justice in the form of revenge for the harsh terms set by the Romans was another contributing factor. The mistreatment of the Carthage Empire
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land control‚ between the growing Roman Republic and the already existing Carthaginian Empire. The Punic wars started in year 246 BC and extended until year 146 BC. During this period‚ the Romans had control over the main peninsula of Italy and Carthage ruled the islands and also the commerce of the West part of the Mediterranean. These two empires were in good terms at one point; however‚ a dispute regarding the islands of Sicily and Corsica started the first war. During the first Punic war the
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In the ancient Mediterranean world‚ Rome and Carthage were two of the most powerful societies. Carthage‚ a city-state founded in the 8th century by the Phoenecians‚ was located in the western Mediterranean‚ and had one of the best armies and navies in the ancient world. Originally part of Phoenecia‚ Carthage became independent after the defeat of the Phoenecians by the Assyrians in the 7th century B.C. Rome‚ on the other hand‚ according to popular myth‚ was founded by Romulus on the Italian
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one of the greatest generals in history and antiquity‚ together with Alexander the Great‚ Julius Caesar‚ Scipio Africanus‚ and Pyrrhus of Epirus. He led Carthage through many battles. However his most known was the Second Punic War against Rome. His tactics are still studied and used in the present day. Hannibal was born in 247 BC in Carthage‚ Tunisia. He was born into a family of military history. His father‚ Hamilcar Barca‚ was a Carthaginian leader. After Carthage’s defeat during the first Punic
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The Punic Wars were 3 wars fought between Rome and Carthage that lasted from 264 to 146 B.C. The first Punic War lasted from 264-241 B.C. which was for 23 years. The second Punic War lasted 218-201 B.C.for 17 years. The third and final war lasted 49-146 B.C‚ for 3 years. The first Punic War was fought over the control of Sicily and the Western Mediterranean. Since Rome was very agricultural they had an interest in Carthage‚ which was controlled more by sea power. In the first part of the war
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of Dido’s free will can be seen when she decides to pursue Aeneas as her husband. Aeneas is destined to be the founder of Rome. But the Goddesses Juno’s anger towards Aeneas leaves him shipwrecked and lands Aeneas in Carthage‚ the city Dido rules. However‚ being the Queen of Carthage‚ Dido must have a husband in order for her rule to be legitimized. After hearing his retelling of the fall of Troy‚ Dido admits to a love for Aeneas. In fact‚ “Were it not / [her] sure‚ immovable decision not / to marry
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At the end of Hannibal’s career as a military commander of Carthage‚ a main enemy of Rome‚ it can be said that his career was a failure as he did not achieve his primary objective‚ the taking of Rome. However‚ his military achievements glittered and shone because he struck fear into Rome and he also earned himself a place in the modern world as the father of strategy. Hannibal will always be remembered and regarded as one of the greatest military tacticians and strategists in all of European history
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Aeneas’s conflict for pietas became elucidated when he becomes astray from his fate and remains as an exile of Carthage and chooses to marry Queen Dido wrongfully. Moreover‚ the passage that will become evaluated illuminates that the gods and fate serve as a motif of what Roman piety calls for and is also an embodiment of Aeneas’s consciousness that influences him
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