The Punic Wars and the Rise of the Roman Republic

The Greek City-States

The Persian Empire

The Carthaginian Empire

The Egyptian Empire

A rebellion in the Roman Senate

The assassination of a Roman leader

A conflict between city-states in Sicily

A dispute over trade routes

Expulsion from Sicily and payment of indemnities

Conquering the Iberian Peninsula

Gaining control of the Italian Peninsula

Establishing a new alliance with Greece

A civil war between nobles

A rebellion led by Hannibal

A mercenary war

A naval blockade by Rome

By launching a surprise attack from the south

By marching through the Swiss Alps with elephants

By forming an alliance with the Gauls

By crossing the Mediterranean Sea

Rome decisively defeated Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War

A peace treaty was signed, maintaining the status quo

Carthage defeated Rome and expanded its territory

Hannibal captured the city of Rome

Carthage's attempt to rebuild its military

A Roman civil war

An alliance between Carthage and Greece

A rebellion in the Iberian Peninsula

It was left as a neutral city-state

It was destroyed and its inhabitants enslaved

It was rebuilt as a Roman colony

It became a Roman ally

The British Isles

Carthage's African colonies and Greece

The Persian Empire

The Indian subcontinent

It split into two separate states

It formed a new alliance with Carthage

It transformed into an empire

It became a democracy