Hannibalic_War

Hannibalic War Hannibalic War Of all the many wars, the Second Punic War was one of the great military conflicts of the ancient world. This war was fought between Carthage and the Roman Republic from 218-202 B.C. It marked the end of major Carthaginian military opposition to Rome. The term “punic” comes form the Latin “poeni” which means “Phoenician” and refers to the Carthaginians (Verhage 1). The Second Punic War was lead by Hannibal, one of the great military geniuses of all time. It was the most important of the three wars, and also the most fascinating. The Carthaginians bitter attitudes over both the agreement from the first war and the Roman expansion following the next year’s is what brought on the second war. The results of the First Punic War is the reason the Second Punic War came about. A few years after the first war Carthage figured out that Rome wanted to control the Mediterranean. Instead of being defeated completely, Hamilcar Barca, the Carthaginian general, took an army to Spain in 237. Their plan was to open new markets and to create a new base of operations. Later this was continued by hannibal, rome, war, romans, army, roman, carthage, second, spain, river, punic, italy, defeat, carthaginians, scipio, over, hannibal’s, battle, allies, one, never, itself, cities, bc, after, about, victory, small, men, mediterranean, major, italian, first, few, equipment