Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome

The Punic Wars

Open Ended

Why do you think Carthage failed to capture Rome?

Open Ended

With the war elephants and Hannibal's army invading Italy, how do you think the Italian peoples reacted?

First Punic War

• Between 264 B.C. and 146 B.C.

• Rome defeated Carthage and won the islands of Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia

Second Punic War 218 B. C.

• The Carthaginian general Hannibal led his army and dozens of elephants across the Pyrenees through France and over the Alps into Italy.

• The Carthaginians failed to capture Rome

• The Romans sent an army to attack Carthage.

• Hannibal returned to his homeland where the Romans defeated him.

The Third Punic War

• Rome completely destroyed Carthage

• Survivors were killed or sold into slavery

• The Romans poured salt over the earth so nothing would grow there

• The Romans became masters of the Mediterranean.