battles known as the Punic Wars. Originally‚ Rome and Carthage were allies. It was not until the conflict between the Sicilian city‚ Syracuse‚ and the Mammertines that both Rome and Carthage
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To clearly understand the Second Punic War‚ a particular back story is required to fully comprehend what lead to the angst that the magnificent Carthaginian leader Hannibal had concerning Rome. Hannibal was born the son of the powerful Carthaginian leader Hamilcar Barca‚ who took power soon after the First Punic War when tensions toward Rome were high. The fate of Carthage was laid upon Hannibal the day he was born. However‚ prior to his father passing away in 229 B.C. (Vengeance‚ 2016) that fate
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In this essay I will evaluate the applicability of systems theory as it pertains to the analysis of the second Punic Wars. The use of systems thinking provides a useful construct in the evaluation of the Second Punic campaigns. This is especially true as the reader assesses the human aspects of the conflict between Rome and Carthage in Italy‚ Africa‚ and Hispania in 218-202 BC. Systems theory or thinking‚ according to Peter Senge‚ is a discipline useful in understanding‚ and perhaps predicting complex
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leaving Sicily and paying a huge tax. Rome now had complete control of Sicily. The most important of the three wars was the Second Punic War which started in 218 BC and lasted until 201 BC. This was also the most fascinating. It was the Carthaginians bitterness over the agreement from the first war‚ and the expansion following the years after it that brought on this war. Part of this expansion was the taking of Corsica and Sardinia from Carthage in the year of 237 BC. From 237 to 219
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an overseas empire that brought untold wealth and power to Rome. Rome expanded beyond the borders of Italy by conquering much of the Mediterranean region‚ including fighting a series of three wars (Punic Wars‚ McKay et al.‚ p. 151) with a fierce Mediterranean rival‚ the Carthaginians. The Second Punic War was a major turning point for Rome and its continued overseas expansion. The Romans drove the Carthaginians out of Spain‚ and then attacked Carthage itself. The Romans‚ led by Scipio Africanus
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Carthage vs. Rome Carthage and Rome are very similar in some ways‚ the origin of both of them are almost lost in the clouds of tradition. Rome and Carthage were both had big ambitions‚ they wanted to conquer more countries and expand their dominion‚ to be supreme in Mediterranean. The origin of Cartage was lost‚ all we knew is that Phoenicians from Tyre settled there‚ and the territory was acquired from native Africa. The governments in Cartage and Rome were similar outwardly. There were two
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Timeline Natalie Ramirez Civilizations on a grand scale didn’t get rolling until around 3000 B.C.E Major early civilization developed and became dominant around 3000 B.C.E By 3000 B.C.E ‚ UR‚ Erech ‚ and Kish were the major city-states of the first major civilization of Sumer . From approximately 2000 B.C.E two Mediterranean civilizations‚ Greece and Rome dominated the region Sometime around 1900 B.C.E.‚ the cities of the IndusValley were abandoned‚ for reasons that remain unknown today
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When Carthage actually took Sicily‚ the Romans responded by building ships and starting a Navy from scratch. This led to the start of the first Punic War and Carthage was defeated in BC 241. In BC 218‚ Hannibal went to war with Rome once again – invading Northern Italy from Spain and enjoying a number of victories before being defeated in North Africa in the year BC 202. Carthage was now heavily indebted to Rome‚ both giving them
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base was in northern Africa. Eventually‚ these two powers would clash in what is known as the Punic wars. In this paper‚ we trace their rivalries‚ wars and ultimate dominance of one over the other. According to Morey W.C‚ Rome and Carthage emerged as competing for naval and economic powers on opposite sides of the Mediterranean Sea fighting each other for over a 100 years in the Punic battles‚ which were to ‘decide the fate of Rome
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As mentioned before‚ Hannibal crossed the Alps and Apennines to his great difficulty and bereavement. Not only did this journey cost him most of his elephants‚ but he also lost a large portion of his soldiers. Crossing the mountain ranges resulted in the loss of approximately 13‚333 men‚ which makes up a third of the forty-thousand men that he originally had. It is important to note‚ though‚ that this was the best case scenario for Hannibal. Had he decided to bring heavy siege equipment that he needed
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