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Give one way in which the war with Carthage made the Romans try out new ways of fighting?
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The Carthaginians tried out elephants and the Romans developed counter-tactics.
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∙ 6y agoThey fitted boarding planks with locking devices to bind the ships together and allow the Roman soldiers to board and capture the Carthaginian ships.
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What made the armies of Carthage a possible threat to desert from battle?
Carthage was a powerful city state empire in the period before the first Punic War and also in the 2nd Punic War. Although they often had Carthage born military commanders such as Hannibal and Hamilcar, the military consisted of paid mercenary soldiers and commanders. This type of military had no particular loyalty to Carthage other than that they were paid to fight. If Carthage did not meet the pay demands or the army deserted rather then be captured by Romans, Carthage was always in a situation where their soldiers would desert.
How were ancient Carthage roads made?
Puck and shovel, with animal transport support.
What was the final demand that the Roman Consuls made of Carthage?
Hand over their weapons and surrender.
What species of elephant did Carthage use in war against the Romans and is it endangered today?
Carthage used a species of elephant called the North African Elephant (Loxodonta africana pharaoensis) as war elephants against the Romans in the Punic Wars. They were a bit smaller than the existing African bush elephants, which made them a little bit faster. They were also used as war elephants by the Ancient Egyptians against the Seleucid Empire. The North African Elephant is now extinct and has been since around 100AD. Fossils of this elephant are rare to find, we have mostly learnt of their existence through Roman writings and several archaeologically recovered Roman bronze statues of them.
Where is Carthage empire?
Carthage was in modern day Tunisia. She had territories in western Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Balearic Islands. Carthage also had colonies (settlements) in North Africa, from western Libya to northern Morocco, and in southern Spain. The Carthaginian Empire was primarily a trading empire which was centred on the tin and silver mines of southern Spain. Carthage sold the tin and silver to the Greeks and the Phoenicians (who lived in present day Lebanon) in the eastern Mediterranean and imported quality manufactures from this area. She also sold locally made lowed quality manufactures in the western Mediterranean; to her colonies, other Phoenician colonies and the local peoples. Carthage was a Phoenician city founded by political refugees from Tyre, the main Phoenician city.
What would have happened in history had Carthage conquered Rome?
The Romans were resilient and would have made a comeback.
What made the armies of Carthage a possible threat to desert from battle?
Carthage was a powerful city state empire in the period before the first Punic War and also in the 2nd Punic War. Although they often had Carthage born military commanders such as Hannibal and Hamilcar, the military consisted of paid mercenary soldiers and commanders. This type of military had no particular loyalty to Carthage other than that they were paid to fight. If Carthage did not meet the pay demands or the army deserted rather then be captured by Romans, Carthage was always in a situation where their soldiers would desert.
Why was Carthage important to Roman history?
Carthage was important to Roman history because the successful wars against Carthage made Rome a superpower.
Why did the Romans give us concrete?
Because they needed it to build their structured they didn't give it to us they made it for themselves.
How did Philip the first improve the phalanx system?
The Romans eliminated the Greek phalanx and replaced it with the maniple, which was a looser, more mobile fighting unit.The Romans eliminated the Greek phalanx and replaced it with the maniple, which was a looser, more mobile fighting unit.The Romans eliminated the Greek phalanx and replaced it with the maniple, which was a looser, more mobile fighting unit.The Romans eliminated the Greek phalanx and replaced it with the maniple, which was a looser, more mobile fighting unit.The Romans eliminated the Greek phalanx and replaced it with the maniple, which was a looser, more mobile fighting unit.The Romans eliminated the Greek phalanx and replaced it with the maniple, which was a looser, more mobile fighting unit.The Romans eliminated the Greek phalanx and replaced it with the maniple, which was a looser, more mobile fighting unit.The Romans eliminated the Greek phalanx and replaced it with the maniple, which was a looser, more mobile fighting unit.The Romans eliminated the Greek phalanx and replaced it with the maniple, which was a looser, more mobile fighting unit.
What made Carthage so great?
Its trading ability.
Why did the romans treat Carthage with such brutality afer the third punic war?
Rome sought to permanently cripple any Carthaginian potential to once again recover and become a competitor for commercial interests throughout the Mediterranean thus leaving Rome as the sole power in the region . Rome's punitive measures assured Rome that Carthage would never again be a future problem to Rome .
The Romans were able to form a strong navy during the first Punic War by building ships based on Carthage's ships The Romans were able to build better ships because they added what?
The Romans made their ship just a bit better by adding a corvus . The corvus was a drawbridge type structure that enabled the Romans to march aboard a Carthaginian ship and battle man to man. This put the Romans' strong army to good use and gave the Romans an edge, which allowed them to win the first Punic War.It's a corvus.
What were the daggers that the Romans used made from?
The daggers of the Romans were made of steel.
What mineral did the Romans sow in Carthaginian land?
They made a symbolic plough furrow and scattered salt in it, to declare the Carthage was gone,for good and then sold its people into slavery. They then used the city as a site to settle retired veterans and it became a Roman city.
Where and when were the first coins made in the world?
They were made in carthage by the Phoenicians and Lydains.
Why was the war between rome and Carthage important?
Like Rome, Carthage was one of the largest and most powerfuk states in the Meditteranean. The Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage were over contril of the Island of Sicily. The Third Punic War makred the fall of Carthage; the Romans terrorized, looted, raped and enslaved the once great empire and its inhabitants. Cities were burned to the ground leaving ruins. The Romans even distributed salt throughout the lands so that nothing can be grown, this has a negative impact on the modern states of North Africa. The historical study of Carthage is promblematic for archaeologists because the culture and records of Carthage were destroyed.
