Punic Wars

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.

It gained dominance of the Western Mediterranean.

Rome.

In the First Punic War, to gain control of Sicily.

In the Second Punic War, to neutralise Carthage and gain dominanace of the Western Mediterranean.

In the Third Punic War, to eliminate Carthage entirely as a threat or competitor.

He marched his army from Spain through southern Gaul, and into Cisalpine Gaul in northern Italy over the Alps.

He didn't get to Rome, which he didn't try to attack as he did not have a seige train. He ranged throughout Italy trying to weaken Rome by trying to detach its Italian allies.

No island was found by Carthage and Rome. The first Punic War, the first of the tree wars fought between Rome and Carthage, was over the control of Sicily.

Hannibal was unsuccesfal because he marched his troops almost non-stop through the alps and he fought against another excellent general, Gaius Julius Ceasar. Hannibal was unsuccessful for a number of reason non include fighting against Julius Caesar because Julius Caesar wasnt even alive in the same time as Hannibal.

The principals were Carthage and Rome. Rome won all three wars, and totally destroyed Carthage, making it the dominant power in the Western Mediterranean. In addition, as Macedonia had sided with Carthage, Rome set out to punish it, and so became involved with the Greek east, leading to its progressive inclusion of the Hellenistic kingdoms (the remnants of Alexander's empire) into the Roman Empire.

The Second Punic War, also referred to as The Hannibalic War and (by the Romans) The War Against Hannibal, lasted from 218 to 202 BC

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus learned the art of war in the hardest and bloodiest of all forums-on the battlefield against Hannibal. As a 17-year-old, he followed his father, Roman consul Publius Cornelius Scipio, into Northern Italy on Rome's first engagement against the Carthaginian military genius at the Ticinus River. Though it would be the first of Rome's many defeats at Hannibal's hands, Scipio personally distinguished himself by charging a superior force of the Carthaginian cavalry to save his father's life. Over the next three years Scipio probably fought at both the Battles of Trebia and Lake Trasimene, where Hannibal annihilated two more Roman armies, and was certainly present to witness Rome's greatest defeat at Cannae, where some 60,000 Romans perished in a single day's fighting .

rome defeated carthage in the punic wars

Zama was located near Carthage, in what the Romans called Africa. It was in present day Tunisia

Hannibal son of Hamilcar Barca was an African in the sense that he was born in Africa, but he was relative light-skinned, the same way that Tunisians are today. If he had lived in the United States, for example, people would have considered him White, not Black.

It established Rome as the dominant power in the Western Mediterranean, and their move to punish Macedonia for supporting Carthage led them to the Greek east, where they eventually became dominant also.

Hannibal and Scipio struggled with each other during the Second Punic War .

Hannibal began the Second Punic War with a successful siege against the Roman city of Saguntum which barred his way to the Alps. He lost three quarters of his army crossing the Alps, and he had no siege equipment with which to take the city of Rome. As long as Rome was secure behind the Servian Wall and refused to surrender, Hannibal was not able to win. He had twenty thousand of the finest soldiers from the Mediterranean area, but their expertise was in mobilitity on the battlefield, and not in siege warfare. For fifteen years they defeated a succession of Roman commanders, and only Fabius Maximus had some measure of success against Hannibal. A Carthaginian relief army led by Hasdrubal (Hannibal's brother-in-law) and equipped with a siege train crossed the Alps and almost managed to link up with Hannibal's army, but it was intercepted and destroyed by a Roman army. Hasdrubal's head was cut off and launched into Hannibal's encampment. At the moment he saw the severed head of Hasdrubal, it is believed that Hannibal saw the fate of Carthage. The Roman warning of "Hannibal is at the gates" inspired more terror than it indicated actual danger. Without siege engines Hannibal could not take Rome, despite all of his spectacular victories in the field.

Another reason Carthage lost the second punic war was its inability to control the seas. The ability to land troops on the Italian peninsula would have been a tactic to reduce food & supplies to Roman cities.

When the Roman General Scipio invaded northern africa, Hannibal was forced to withdraw from Italy to defend Carthage. In 202 BC Scipio met Hannibal at ZAMA and desivily defeated Hannibal's army.

With the war concluded Carthage was forced to pay a huge indemnity, cede Spain and her African territories and drastically reduce its fleet.

Scipio Africanus.

The punic wars took place in the Central Mediterranean areas around modern day turkey

There were three wars spanning 120 years, with obviously many leaders, successful and unsuccessful. One of the most prominent was Scipio Africanus.

Rome fought in the Punic Wars, which began late in the 3rd century B.C.E. and ended in the middle of the 2nd, as a result of several factors. The first was economic, as control of the central Mediterranean was of critical importance for successful Roman trade. The second was more strictly military and political: as an aggressive, expansion-minded civilization, Rome sought to become dominant among its neighbors, especially Carthage, its primary opponent in the Punic Wars.

The Roman general who won the battle of Zama was Publius Cornelius Scipio. For this victory he was awarded the honorific name Africanus by the senate. History refers to him as Scipio Africanus.

The Roman general who won the battle of Zama was Publius Cornelius Scipio. For this victory he was awarded the honorific name Africanus by the senate. History refers to him as Scipio Africanus.

The Roman general who won the battle of Zama was Publius Cornelius Scipio. For this victory he was awarded the honorific name Africanus by the senate. History refers to him as Scipio Africanus.

The Roman general who won the battle of Zama was Publius Cornelius Scipio. For this victory he was awarded the honorific name Africanus by the senate. History refers to him as Scipio Africanus.

The Roman general who won the battle of Zama was Publius Cornelius Scipio. For this victory he was awarded the honorific name Africanus by the senate. History refers to him as Scipio Africanus.

The Roman general who won the battle of Zama was Publius Cornelius Scipio. For this victory he was awarded the honorific name Africanus by the senate. History refers to him as Scipio Africanus.

The Roman general who won the battle of Zama was Publius Cornelius Scipio. For this victory he was awarded the honorific name Africanus by the senate. History refers to him as Scipio Africanus.

The Roman general who won the battle of Zama was Publius Cornelius Scipio. For this victory he was awarded the honorific name Africanus by the senate. History refers to him as Scipio Africanus.

The Roman general who won the battle of Zama was Publius Cornelius Scipio. For this victory he was awarded the honorific name Africanus by the senate. History refers to him as Scipio Africanus.

The Roman army was led by two annually elected consuls who were the heads of the city and the army. Therefore, the Romans had many general in this war.

The Carthaginian generals in Sicily were Hanno, Hamilcar, and Hamilcar Barca.

During the Roman attack in Africa (Tunisia) the Carthaginian commanders were Bustar Hasdrubal in the battle of Adys, and Xanthippus, a Spartan mercenary, in the battle of Tunis.

The Carthaginians defending their city against Roman attack.

The Carthaginians did not have an overall leader in the first Punic War, except for towards the end.

The Carthaginian army was led by Gisco, his son Hannibal Gisco, Hanno Gisco (son of Hannibal Gisco), two commanders both called Hamilcar, Hanno the Great, Hasbrubal the Fair and Buspar Xanthippus (a Greek). Hamilcar Barca became the overall leader in the final year of the war.