Unit 6 Part I

There were 3 main colonising peoples:

• Phoenicians, Ancient Greeks, and the Carthaginians

• Phoenicians, Celts, and Iberians

The ________ were the first people to colonise the Iberian Peninsula.

• Carthaginians

• Phoenicians

Phoenicians founded the cities of:

• Gadir (Cádiz) and Malaka (Málaga)

• Rhodes and Emporion

The Carthaginians came from:

• Northern Africa

• Northern Rome

The Carthaginian leader was called...

• Viriathus

• Hannibal

Hannibal decided to conquer...

• the fortified city of Saguntum

• the fortified city of Numantia

Hannibal´s capture of Saguntum started a war with

• The Romans in 218 BC because the Saguntines were allies of the Iberians

• The Romans in 218 BC because the Saguntines were allies of the Romans.

The name of the war the Romans fought against the Carthaginians is...

• First Punic War

• Second Punic War

The Romans called the Iberians Peninsula...

• Hispania

• España

The conquest of the Iberian Peninsula took almost...

• 200 years, the conquest occured in two phases.

• 200 years, the conquest occured in three phases.