Its initial weakness was lack of a navy to field against Carthage's. It then developed naval tactics of boarding rather than ship ramming used by Carthage.
Its initial weakness was lack of a navy to field against Carthage's. It then developed naval tactics of boarding rather than ship ramming used by Carthage.
Hannibal Barca was the great military leader of Carthage during the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was the great military leader of Carthage during the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was the great military leader of Carthage during the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was the great military leader of Carthage during the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was the great military leader of Carthage during the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was the great military leader of Carthage during the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was the great military leader of Carthage during the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was the great military leader of Carthage during the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was the great military leader of Carthage during the second Punic war.
The lack of naval assets .
On the eve of the Second Punic War it was 231,000 Roman soldiers and 15,000 sailors.In addition there were varying numbers of Latin allies, and of mercenaries from North Africa and the western Mediterranean islands.
The three Punic Wars spread over 120 years during which the strengths of the participants and their allies changed dramatically on land and sea. To get an answer that makes any sense, you will have to specify times and places.
The Carthaginians were a sea power, Rome a land power. To counter this Rome built a fleet of warships and mounted its infantry on board, using a boarding plank (harpax) to capture enemy ships using infantry tactics against the Carthaginian naval ramming tactics. And they were of course, superior in land battles.
One of the disasters was Cannae in 216 BCE.
Muttines, in the Punic Wars, was demoted by Hanno.
Hannibal Barca was he strongest Carthaginian leader during he time of the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was he strongest Carthaginian leader during he time of the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was he strongest Carthaginian leader during he time of the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was he strongest Carthaginian leader during he time of the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was he strongest Carthaginian leader during he time of the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was he strongest Carthaginian leader during he time of the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was he strongest Carthaginian leader during he time of the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was he strongest Carthaginian leader during he time of the second Punic war.Hannibal Barca was he strongest Carthaginian leader during he time of the second Punic war.
No one sacked Rome during the Punic Wars.
Hannibal Barca, Carthaginian military commander during the Second Punic War, was the son of Hamilcar Barca, who was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War.
The king of Carthage during the First Punic War was Hamilcar Barca. He was one of Carthage's most prominent military leaders and a skilled strategist. Hamilcar Barca led Carthaginian forces in Sicily and established a strong presence on the island during the war.