A land based power, Rome had to develop a navy to match Carthage's.
The Romans won the first punic war .
How do you rule a war.
The Romans battled the Carthoginians in the Punic Wars. There were three, all of which Rome won.
The Romans were forced to fight only a few times. One example was when Italy was invaded by Hannibal, the Carthaginians general, in the Second Punic War.
Hannibal fought the Romans throughout the Second Punic War (218 BC-202 BC). He fought in Italy from 218 BC to 203 BC. In 202 BC he was recalled to Africa (Tunisia) to fight against the Roman campaign there.
Carthage.
The Carthaginians.
Hannibal (representing the Carthaginians) and the Romans
Hannibal was a Carthaginian general. He fought the Romans. He invaded italy in the Second Punic War (218-201 BC) with the intention of attacking Rome.
The Romans won the first punic war .
Second Punic War.
Hannibal essentially waged a guerrilla war on the Italian mainland against the Romans .
Carthaginians and Romans
Scipio.
Numidians is the role that Syphax played in the second Punic War. This is in the smaller part of Tunisia. Other sources indicate that Syphax was the Massaesylian king who provided much of the problems he caused to the Romans when they invaded North Africa late in the 2nd Punic War.
The Romans persevered over Carthage .
How do you rule a war.