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Carthage *Carthage was located in present day Tunisia. Originally from Phoenicia (Lebanon today). *Phoenician means Punic in Latin. *Rome viewed Carthage as a threat b/c of how wealthy, powerful & geographically close they were to Rome *War will break out b/t these two rivals.

1 st Punic War: 264 -241 BC *The 1 st Punic War started over Rome & Carthage both wanting control of Sicily b/c of trade. *Rome saw Carthage as a threat & equal in power & wealth to them. *Rome won the 1 st Punic War *Rome controlled all of Sicily

2 nd Punic War: 218 -201 BC *The 2 nd Punic War began b/c: 1. Spain (Carthage had taken new land in Spain) 2. Hannibal wanting revenge against Rome *Hannibal led Carthage’s forces in the 2 nd Punic War *Hannibal was a military genius: famous for crossing the Rhone River with his elephants & literally cutting a path through the Alps to invade Rome from the north *Invaded by land: through Spain, the Alps & into Italy (north of Rome), this was unexpected by the Romans.

2 nd Punic War Continued *Rome won the 2 nd Punic War b/c Hannibal could not breach the 7 hills of Rome *The results of this war were: 1. Rome took all of Carthage’s territories -Spain & all islands in the Med Sea 2. Carthage could not wage war w/o Rome’s permission

3 rd Punic War: 149 -146 BC *Rome used the fact that Carthage might fight a neighboring country (needed permission) to invade Carthage. Reality: Rome wanted to destroy Carthage for good to eliminate them as a possible future threat. *Rome won the 3 rd Punic War *Rome burned the city of Carthage/out of 500, 000 people— 50, 000 survived—the survivors were sold into slavery

*Results for Carthage: - Carthage was destroyed; will never be a superpower again *Results for Rome: -control the entire Med Sea -elevates them to superpower status -no rivals left