The Punic Wars

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The Punic Wars
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Foldable Part I

• First Punic War
• Why did the Punic Wars begin?
• Who were the Punic Wars between?
• How did the Romans over come their weakness at
  sea?
• Second Punic War
• What year did the Second Punic War begin?
• Who led the Carthaginian army?
• What did the Carthaginians do because they were
  unable to capture the city of Rome?

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The First Punic War

• By 264 B.C., the Romans had conquered some Greek
  city-states in southern Italy, bringing them into
  contact with the Phoenician city of Carthage.

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The First Punic War

• Why did the Punic War begin?
• The Romans felt threatened by the Carthaginians,
  and they also wanted Sicilys granaries.

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The First Punic War

• What happened in 264 B.C.E?
• In 264 B.C., the Romans and Carthaginians clashed
  in a war that lasted for 23 years.
• It was the first of three wars between Rome and
  Carthage that came to be known as the Punic Wars.
  

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The First Punic War

• Where did Carthages military strength lay? Where
  did Romes?
• Carthages military strength lay in its navy,
  while Romes lay in its army which defeated the
  Carthaginians.
• In 241 B.C., the Carthaginians agreed to make
  peace and left Sicily.

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Hannibal and the Second Punic War

• What year did the Second Punic War begin?
• In 218 B.C., the Second Punic War began.
• Who lead the Carthaginian army?
• The Carthaginians, led by General Hannibal Barca,
  attacked the Roman army by land from the north.
  He was unable to capture Rome.

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Hannibal and the Second Punic War

• Who won the Second Punic War?
• Then, the Romans attacked Carthage, and Hannibal
  was called home to defend it and he lost his
  first battle.
• As a result of the second Punic War what was
  Carthage forced to do?
• In 201 B.C., Carthage agreed to pay Rome a huge
  sum of money and to give up all its territories,
  including Spain.

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Foldable Part II

• Third Punic War
• Describe the events of the Third Punic War.
• What did the Romans do to keep Corinth from
  gaining power?
• How did Rome become the leading power in the
  Mediterranean world?

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The Third Punic War

• Describe the Events of the Third Punic War
• To prevent Carthage from gaining power, the
  Romans attacked Carthage in 149 B.C., the Third
  Punic War.
• In 146 B.C. the Greek city-state of Corinth and
  some of its allies refused to obey a Roman order.
  

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The Third Punic War

• The Romans attacked Corinth and burned it to the
  ground.
• Rome became the leading power of the
  Mediterranean world.