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Carthage did not win over the Romans. The Second punic War was an invasion of Italy by Hannibal Barca. He Routed the armies of the Romans and her Italic allies three times and won some other battles. However, he lost the war. He was eventually cornered into mountainous Calabria (the toe of Italy) and was stuck there for three years until he was recalled to fight the Romans in Tunisia (Carthage's homeland). Moreover, this was Hannibal's war, not Carthage's. His family had conquered southern Spain and ruled it as a private domain. Hannibal conducted a war for revenge. Although many people in Carthage supported him, many objected to it. In fact, Carthage did not provide any aid to Hannibal when he was in need.
It is estimated that the Romans lost 255,000+ whereas the Carthaginians are thought to have suffered the loss of 130,000+ dead .
The Punic Wars were against Carthage. There were many emperors in that perior - Octavian, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian and so on.
The Romans were ceded Spain by the Carthaginians after the Second Punic War. They used Spain as not only a colony, but as a recruiting ground for many legions. Caesar's Tenth was mostly all Spanish as was his Ninth Legion. Pompey also recruited there and the final battle of Caesar's civil was was fought against Gaius Pompey, the son of Pompey the Great, in Spain.
Carthage and Rome clashed in many places throughout the three Punic Wars. The main theatres of war were the island of Sicily, Spain, the Mediterranean seaways, Italy, and finally the plains of North Africa and into Carthage.
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Carthage did not win over the Romans. The Second punic War was an invasion of Italy by Hannibal Barca. He Routed the armies of the Romans and her Italic allies three times and won some other battles. However, he lost the war. He was eventually cornered into mountainous Calabria (the toe of Italy) and was stuck there for three years until he was recalled to fight the Romans in Tunisia (Carthage's homeland). Moreover, this was Hannibal's war, not Carthage's. His family had conquered southern Spain and ruled it as a private domain. Hannibal conducted a war for revenge. Although many people in Carthage supported him, many objected to it. In fact, Carthage did not provide any aid to Hannibal when he was in need.
It is estimated that the Romans lost 255,000+ whereas the Carthaginians are thought to have suffered the loss of 130,000+ dead .
The Punic Wars were against Carthage. There were many emperors in that perior - Octavian, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian and so on.
The Romans were ceded Spain by the Carthaginians after the Second Punic War. They used Spain as not only a colony, but as a recruiting ground for many legions. Caesar's Tenth was mostly all Spanish as was his Ninth Legion. Pompey also recruited there and the final battle of Caesar's civil was was fought against Gaius Pompey, the son of Pompey the Great, in Spain.
Rome and Carthage had three major wars the Romans called the Punic Wars. The 1st Punic War 264 - 241 BC BCE won by Rome. The 2nd Punic War 218 -202 BC BCE won by Rome The 3rd Punic War 149 - 146 BC BCE won by Rome. The result of the last war was the total destruction of Carthage.
Carthage and Rome clashed in many places throughout the three Punic Wars. The main theatres of war were the island of Sicily, Spain, the Mediterranean seaways, Italy, and finally the plains of North Africa and into Carthage.
He died in the Second Punic War, when a Roman soldier attacked him. There are many different cases, on what he did when the soldier killed him.
Our historical sources do not tell us. Counting civilian deaths it was in the hundreds of thousands.
Who is 'he'.
Carthage did not 'gain' the Second Punic War, it lost. It had many leaders - its Council, its Senate and several military commanders. The most notable military commander was Hannibal Barca.
Southern Spain was conquered by the Romans during the Second Punic War which lasted from 218 to 201 BC; Northern Spain was conquered by Augustus in 19 BC.AnswerYes, Spain was invaded by the Romans in 218 BCE. While the Romans did control most of the peninsula, they also had many native allies (much like the Europeans during the colonization era) the Romans had also established Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and many others. When the Roman Empire collapsed, emperor Justinian the 1st of Byzantium had a short-lived control of Hispania and gave it a new name, Spania.