Punic Wars
-series of 3 wars
-Rome vs carthage
-1st war was over control of sicily
-2nd war when hannibal became general of carthrage and he wanted to avenge the first defeat
hannibal attempter a sneak attack through the alps to attack and capture rome
-3rd war scipio attacked carthage and hannibal retreated and fought at native city
-rome defeated carthage in all 3 wars each war was harder
- war 1 and 2 was the defensive
-war 3 was aggressor
-key player hannibal scipio cincinnatus
lasting effects
-showed the civilizations in mediterranean that rome was a dominant force
-by 70 b.c rome had conquered a lot of land around the mediterranean coast
roman reoublic
-shortly after the victories the quick and rapid expansions began to hurt the empire
-the land was going to large estate and the small farmers were not making any money and were out of jobs
-one reasons leading to civil war
j.c
-another civil war broke out because of his death
Avenger of Caesar
-octavian mark antony lepidus avenged caesar and became 2nd triumvirate
-even jealousy here octavian forced lepidus to retire his power
-mark antony fell in love with cleopatra and followed her to egypt
-leaving octavian to be the sole leader
-octavian means exalted one
-rome was at the peak of its power and peace throughout augustus' rule and even 180 ad
Hannibal brought 60 elephants and only 2 survived, most of his men died on this journey toohappened in 218 bc during the second punic war
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