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Why did Carthage not send reinforcements to Hannibal?
Carthage did send reinforcements, however the eventual Roman coubter-strategy was to invade North Africa, and Hannibal was ordered to come home to defend the city, ending his threat in Italy.
Is it true that Hannibal could have defeated Rome if he had only left his elephants home?
No it is not. Hannibal managed to rout the roman armies three times without elephants. The factors which contributed to Rome winning the war had nothing to do with Hannibal losing his elephants. These were: 1) Hannibal lost his siege machines when he crossed the Alps in the snowy winter to enter into Italy from the Carthaginian possessions in Spain. Without these he could not attack Rome. Thus, after routing the Romans three times (in northern and central Italy), he went to southern Italy instead of heading for Rome. 2) The Romans adopted a strategy of attrition: they avoided open battle and harassed him with guerrilla tactics to wear him down. 3) Hannibal's smallish invasion force needed Rome's allies in Italy to switch sides to increase his forces and weaken Rome. When this materialised in the south, after winning the battle of Cannae (in the south), it proved insufficient. Hannibal set up his headquarters in Capua (Italy's second largest city near Naples and not far from Rome) which had switched sides. However, he failed to seize or retain two strategic cities in this area and two attempts at sending him reinforcements were foiled by the Romans. The Romans besieged Capua. Hannibal had to leave the area. Moreover, Rome's allies in central Italy remained loyal. 4) The military manpower of Rome and her allies was massive. Rome was able to keep raising new armies and gradually regained control of southern Italy. They also suppressed a rebellion in Sicily. Hannibal lost many men and half of his cavalry. A cavalry far superior in numbers had been a key to his victories. With less men and without half of his cavalry his tactics became more defensive. 5) The Romans intercepted and routed the army of Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother. He was bringing and siege machines and the badly needed reinforcements from Spain to Hannibal. At this point Hannibal's campaign in Italy came to a dead end. He spent the last four years of his campaign in Italy stuck in Calabria (the toe of Italy) whose mountains were easy to defend. 6) In Carthage the peace faction refused to send reinforcements to Hannibal from Africa. 7) The Romans found in Scipio Africanus a general who could match Hannibal. He defeated the Carthaginians in Spain and Rome took over their Spanish territories. Reinforcements to Hannibal could no longer be sent from there. Carthage also lost her main source of wealth, the silver mines in Spain. 8) Scipio Africanus began a campaign in Tunisia (where Carthage was). Hannibal was recalled from Italy to fight in Tunisia. Scipio defeated him in the last battle of the war, the battle of Zama. 9) The western Numidians of Algeria switched allegiance from Carthage to Rome. They had supplied half of Hannibal's cavalry. Now they supplied 2/3 of the Roman cavalry in the Battle of Zama in Tunisia, near Carthage. The two cavalries were equal in size. The quality of Hannibal's army was lower than it had been before. Rome won this battle which was the final one and the Numibians played a important role in Scipio's victory
How did Rome gradually defeat the carthginians?
There were three Punic Wars between the Romans and the Carthaginians. I guess you are referring to the Second Punic War where Hannibal invaded Italy. The factors that contribute to Rome's victory were: 1) Hannibal lost his siege machines when he crossed the Alps in the snowy winter to enter into Italy from the Carthaginian possessions in Spain. Without these he could not attack Rome. Thus, after routing the Romans twice (in northern and central Italy), he went to southern Italy instead of heading for Rome. 2) The Romans adopted a strategy of attrition: they avoided open battle and harassed him with guerrilla tactics to wear him down. 3) Hannibal smallish invasion army needed Rome's allies in Italy to switch sides to increase his forces and weaken Rome. When this materialised in the south, after winning the battle of Cannae (in the south), it proved insufficient. Hannibal set up his headquarters in Capua (Italy's second largest city near Naples) which had switched sides. However, he failed to seize or retain two strategic cities in this area and two attempts at sending him reinforcements were foiled. The Romans besieged Capua. Hannibal had to leave the area. Moreover, Rome's allies in central Italy remained loyal. 4) The military manpower of Rome and her allies was massive. Rome was able to keep raising new armies and gradually regained control of southern Italy. They also suppressed a rebellion in Sicily. Hannibal lost many men and half of his cavalry. A cavalry far superior in numbers had been a key to his victories. His tactics became more defensive. 5) The Romans intercepted and routed the army of Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother. He was bringing and siege machines and the badly needed reinforcements from Spain to Hannibal. At this point Hannibal's campaign in Italy came to a dead end. He spent the last four years of his campaign in italy stuck in Calabria (the toe of Italy) whose mountains were easy to defend. 6) In Carthage the peace faction refused to send reinforcements to Hannibal from Africa. 7) The Romans found in Scipio Africanus a general who could match Hannibal. He defeated the Carthaginians in Spain and Rome took over their Spanish territories. Reinforcements to Hannibal could no longer be sent from there. Carthage also lost her main source of wealth, the silver mines in Spain. 8) Scipio Africanus began a campaign in Tunisia (where Carthage was). Hannibal was recalled from Italy to fight in Tunisia. Scipio defeated him in the last battle of the war, the battle of Zama. 9) The western Numidians of Algeria switched alliance from Carthage to Rome. They had supplied half of Hannibal's cavalry. Now they supplied 2/3 of the Roman cavalry in the Battle of Zama, and played a key role in that victory.
Why did Hannibal attack rome and how did it end?
his father made him promise that he would hate rome with his last breath. everything started with some territory issues in the isles arround the italic peninsule, ruled by cartaghe in that moment. There where 3 punic wars (Rome vs Carthago) and the 3rd one ended with the Cartagho capital erased from the map. Burned and planted with salt.
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Whom did the viceroy send to check on cabeza de vaca report?
whom did the viceroy send to check onCabeza de Vaca's report?
Pronoun case for who and whom - Should the wording be 'To who should you send the letter of commendation' or 'To whom should you send the letter of commendation'?
The wording of the question should be, "To whom should you send the letter of commendation?".The pronoun "whom" is the objective form, in this sentence, functioning as the object of the preposition to.The pronoun "who" is the subjective form, which functions as the subject of a sentence or a clause.Example: Who did you send the letter to?
How did Rome win the Second Punic War against Carthage?
Rome won the second Punic War partly because she had firm allies, especially in Italy, who would not join Hannibal, and partly because Scipio was a better general and strategist than Hannibal.
What were the reasons for the eventual and final Roman victory over the Carthage and it's general Hannibal?
There were several reasons for Rome's victory over Hannibal. A few of them are the Roman fighting spirit, the Roman population and the Roman generalship in the person of Scipio Africanus. The early Romans were the pit bulls of the ancient world. When they went to war they went to win. They may have lost battles, but in the end they won the wars. Hannibal invaded Italy from his base in Spain. The Romans suffered devastating losses in Italy due to Hannibal's military genius and the superiority in numbers of his cavalry. As a result, the Romans adopted a war of attrition. They avoided open battle to avoid defeat and instead tried to wear him down through constant harassment. Hannibal got bogged down in southern Italy because he could not attack Rome as he had lost his siege machines while crossing the Alps to reach Italy. Moreover, the peace faction in Carthage refused to send him reinforcements. After the Romans' biggest rout at the Battle of Cannae many of Rome's allies in southern Italy went over to Hannibal. Hannibal needed such defections to increase the size of his army which, being an expeditionary force, was much smaller than the size of the forces that Rome could mobilise. However, he failed to make the defections decisive. The Romans were able to field new armies and kept coming back. Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother, brought reinforcements and siege machines from Spain, but he was intercepted and routed before he could reach Hannibal. At this point Hannibal's campaign came to a dead end. He spent the next four years stuck in Calabria (the toe of Italy) whose mountains made it easy to defend. Scipio Africanus defeated the Carthaginians in Spain. Spain had been the flash-point which had triggered the war. The Carthaginians lost their territories in Spain and with this they could no longer send reinforcements to Hannibal from there and lost their main source of wealth, the silver mines of Spain. The victory in Spain paved the way for Scipio Africanus' expedition to Africa. Hannibal was recalled to defend his home turf. The battle at Zama was a defeat for Hannibal and the end of the war.
What was Hannibals greatest mistake?
The greatest mistake perhaps was when he chose not to besiege Rome but go around and try recruit more soldiers during his time in Italy. Rome took that opportunity to send soldiers to Carthage and Hispania (what is now North Africa and Spain) and thereby forcing Hannibal to return to Carthage and fight the battle of Zama which he lost. If he had beseiged Rome, he might have won and even if he didn't, it would still somehow influence the course of history for beseiging Rome would've kept second Punic War to last longer (for example, beseiging Rome might prevent messengers, orders or soldiers from Rome to leave for other places like Carthage and Hispania and thereby preventing the Battle of Zama to even happen perhaps).
To whom does the the client computers on a network send request to?
Clients send requests to the server.
For whom does alcinous send to sing at the feast?
Demodocus
