Q1. The First‚ Second‚ Third Punic Wars. (Answer all parts) Discuss the clash between the Romans and the Carthaginians. a. The Punic Wars are considered one of the most important Wars in the entire history of Western Civilization. Why? b. Then I need you to present a War Package. Include: o Causation‚ winners‚ losers? o Why did Rome win and what did it win? o What was the basic cause(s) for the whole war package‚ do YOU think? I need the OVERALL REASON (S) c. In what ways did Rome
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launched his brutal campaign to crush the early Roman republic and would ultimately be defeated on the plains of Zama. Despite these individual events being separated by a century‚ Hannibal’s second Punic war against Rome generated the factors necessary for the Republic to professionalize her military. The war brought about massive political discourse‚ social discourse‚ and a more rampant depletion of the overall manpower in Italy than before. This chaos would allow the Gracchi brothers Tiberius and Gaius
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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
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The responsibility for the Punic wars greatly shifts from one to the next as both Rome and Carthage were Superpowers in their own right and it was inevitable that there would be a collision and subsequent reaction from any action taken. This exhausting conflict was‚ according to Caven‚ a ‘contest in three rounds’ in which the Romans fought first for control of Sicily‚ then for the leadership of the western Mediterranean and finally to determine the survival or extinction of Carthage. By 270
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just the opposite is evident. Battle tactics are for anyone to use‚ but work best with military’s that are stable and continually training. In many cases‚ militaries throughout the world can be seen using the same tactics today as used in the 2nd Punic War particularly The Battle of Cannae. What make tactics improve so well is the repetition of both practicing in training and executing tactics on the battlefield. Battle tactics improved with the establishment of a professional military because‚ most
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Assess how the contributions of Fabius Maximus and Scipio Africanus to the Second Punic War. Scipio Africanus and Fabius Maximus both contributed to the course of the Second Punic War‚ although their victories were different‚ they both had success. Firstly was Fabius whose strategy‚ which would avoid direct contact to Hannibal‚ with dismay from many of Fabiuses peers. In contrast Scipio’s ability to learn from Hannibal’s tactics and derive a strategy that would end up with what was thought impossible
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Rome was well prepared for their Hannibal’s arrival Aemilius Paulus and Terentius Varro at this time were elected into council. They didn’t want to continue the war they wanted to go ahead and end it once and for all. They built up eight legions‚ which would be twice the army of Hannibal. Hannibal waited for them to make their move in Apulia‚ and in 216 BC they both moved and met near the small town of Cannae. Hannibal won that battle leaving Rome in shame and again we are painted the same picture
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empire and to become the leader of the Phoenician colonies. Carthage was‚ most of the time‚ at war with the Greeks and the Romans. By 264 BCE‚ Carthage and Rome were fiercely fighting for control of the Western Mediterranean. After the first Punic war‚ Carthage lost Sicily to the Romans which they tried to take back in the second Punic war. Carthage began to lose power and decline after they lost the war. (Morey‚ n.d.) CARTHAGE‚ THE CENTER OF PHOENICIAN TRADE AND ALMOST AN EQUAL TO ROME Carthage rose
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Similarities between Conflicts: Second Punic war and Second Persian War The Second Punic War was led by Hannibal during 218 – 201 BC in Greece and the Second Persian War was led by Xerxes During 480 – 479 BC in Greece. Both have similarities and differences between wars. The second Punic and second Persian wars are similar in their background causes but different in their foreground causes. The conflicts have similar structural causes such as social factors‚ vengeance and geographical proximity
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the ancient super powers. These states met three times in war‚ in what became to be known as the Punic Wars. All these wars however were won by Rome‚ and when the third Punic war was finished Carthage was completely destroyed. This paper will trace the history of Carthage and how it came to be almost the equal of Rome. It will also show the strength of these two ancient powers and how their first conflict or what is called the first Punic war led to Rome becoming a naval power. It is believed and
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