Punic+Wars


 * 1st Punic War (264 - 41 BC)**
 * Sicily - Rome and Carthage (Phoenicians) sent aid to their allies/ had a rivalry
 * Rome stole Carthage ships and engineered them
 * Defeated Carthage and Got Sicily and Sardinia
 * Aftermath, Rome begins a long period of war - gets engineered ships for its Naval future


 * 2nd Punic War (218 - 201 BC)**
 * Carthage attacks Saguntum under terms of the treaty
 * Sanguntum asks Rome for Help, which voids the Treaty
 * Rome splits its army to Attack Spain and Sail to Carthage
 * However, Hannibal ( Allied with Carthage) tries to attack Rome from Land - by way of the Alps
 * 218 to 216 Rome loses 3 Battles against Him
 * 215 BC - Rome Attacks Hannibal/Rome loses *Worst Battle before WWI in European History
 * Eventually, Battle of Zama where Scipio Africanus (Rome) faces Hannibal - ultimately Carthage is no more
 * Aftermath, Rome invades Greece and does very well (slaves and silver) - and No Navy for Carthage


 * 3rd Punic War (150s BC)**
 * Kicking Carthage while its down
 * Destroyed Carthage * Even Salted land so crops would not grow
 * Crops would not grow in Carthage - Carthage was no longer a threat - Rome had expanded with its previous wars