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The Romans completely destroyed Carthage, leaving not one stone standing atop another, sold the populace into slavery.
They spread salt symbolically on a field to emphasis that Carthage could not rise again.
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Why did Rome engage Carthage in the Punic war in 264 bce?
The Middle East D: The Middle East The destruction of Carthage and Corinth in 146 BC is regarded as the year in which the Roman Republic began to die, thus paving the way for the Roman Empire. Carthage was Rome's main rival, and the Romans found themselves with more land than a republic could rule. Corinth was their exposure to Greek culture which they transferred to those conquered lands, including those once owned by Carthage. The Carthaginians had their own culture, and Greek culture would not have supplanted it without the defeat of Carthage by Rome.Rome fought three wars with Carthage. After the first war Rome gained control of Sicily. After the second war Rome gained control of Spain and Southern Gaul. After the third war Rome gained control of North Africa except for Egypt.Rome was still a republic at that time, not an empire.
Why did Rome decide to fight three wars with Carthage?
1 punic war-Rome and carthage both wanted the islands between them for trade..so carthrage and rome fought for 23 years over them (carthage was more powerful so they were winning in sea battles)...but then rome invented the "raven".A claw attached to their ships to hook to the carthegean ships and make a bridge..therefore the romans would board and take over carthragean ships.So rome won.2punic war - A guy named hannibal wanted to get revenge on rome..so he takes the land route to get there with his elephants and his army..but they stop in spain for 4 year..and while they are in spain rome attacks their defencless city and absolutly destroys it taking their villagers as slaves.3 punic war-carthrage still wants revenge but rome surrounds their city with boats and armys..leaving the city to die of starvation and diesease..THE END...also im 99% percent sure all these facts are right but their are many more details to include if u were writing an essay.Thank you.
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What happened to Rome in the Third Punic War?
Nothing happened to the city of Rome itself, given that the Third Punic War happened entirely in North Africa. The Roman Republic, on the other hand, grew larger with the destruction of the city of Carthage, and the subsequent annexation of the surrounding territories. The Third Punic war also eventually led the Romans to use modern-day Tunisia and Libya as their major grain-producing regions
What was used by the Romans to make Carthage and the surrounding area unfathomable for generations?
The story is nonsense - shortly afterwards Rome began settling retired veterans on farms in Carthage. The Romans conducted a religious ceremony ploughing a furrow and sprinkling some salt in it as a symbol of the end of Carthage, whose people were sold into slavery. Also think of the prohibitive cost of valuable salt in spreading hundreds of tone of salt over a large agricultural area! Don't believe fairy stories, however much they are repeated.
What did Carthage make their homes out of?
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Was hannibals bold plan to invade Italy a good or bad idea?
While Hannibal's plan did allow him to bypass the Roman army and sack the city of Rome itself, Carthage did ultimate lose the war. It's impossible to know if there was anything that Hannibal could have done "better." It's entirely possible that Rome was always going to win the war no matter what Carthage did, simply because they were so much bigger and more powerful that Carthage had no chance to defeat them. The fact that they prevailed in spite of the capital being sacked certainly adds credence to that argument. One should also note that following the war the Romans destroyed Carthage completely. They did not subjugate it or add it to the empire, but wiped it out of existence. You could, again, argue that they would have done that no matter what, but you could also make the case that they destroyed Carthage because of Hannibal's attack on the city of Rome. If you take those views together, then it was certainly a bad idea, and in the long run only provoked the Romans into even greater reprisals against Carthage. Had Hannibal fought a conventional war then he would still have lost, but the Romans might not have destroyed Carthage completely after their victory.
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How did the Punic Wars affect Carthage?
The Punic Wars ultimately ended in the complete and utter destruction of Carthage. The First Punic War was fought over Sicily. It was an important grain producing region, and Carthage very much wanted it as their own. It was primarily a naval war, taking place in the Mediterranean between North Africa (Carthage) and Italy (Rome). Carthage failed in the First Punic War, lost any chance at Sicily, had to pay huge war debts to Rome and ultimately fell into the Mercenary War afterwards (mercenaries who fought for Carthage during the First Punic War rose up against Carthage, angry at their control in Libya), since their kingdom was hugely destabilised. The Second Punic War was fought over Spain (huge generalization there, but that's the basic bit of information.) After the First Punic War, Rome went off and fought in the Adriatic and were distracted while Carthage (now with the great general Hannibal) set up camp in Spain. Hannibal attacked a Spanish city that was allied with Rome, then crossed the Alps (a move that no one expected him to make) and beat the Romans all the way back to their capital city, though he was never able to get inside Rome. He devastated the rest of Italy, however, and basically paraded up and down the peninsula, taunting Rome. They were at a stalemate, however. So Rome decided to attack the city of Carthage directly while Hannibal is doing his victory lap through Italia. They set sail for Carthage and simultaneously cut off Hannibal's supply ships, forcing Hannibal to return home and fight the Battle of Zama, which he lost. The result for Carthage here was their total submission to Rome, which held the right to approve most anything that Carthage did. Carthage's empire was reduced down to only the city that is its' namesake. The Third Punic War was the killing blow for Carthage. Rome sort of made a half hearted attempt and still completely crushed them. Carthage (the city) was sacked, burned to the ground, and everyone who had not died from famine or in the battle were made into slaves. The story of Romans sowing the city's farmland with salt is debated, though I think modern sources agree that it is a later fabrication. There isn't any contemporary (ancient) proof that it actually happened. Regardless, however, Carthage was utterly ruined.
