The Punic Wars

Today we were assigned to look at slides 23-31, which covers the Punic wars, and write about them. From what I gathered, the Punic Wars lasted from 264-146 BCE and it was between Rome and Carthage. There were three wars in total between them. The first Punic war lasted from 264-241. They were fighting for control of the island of Sicily. Rome ended up winning this war. The second Punic War lasted from 218-201. In this war, Hannibal who was a 29-year-old general, wanted to take Rome. Even though he tried many strategies and even led to a siege for 15 years, he never could get to Rome. The third (last) Punic War lasted from 149-146 BCE. In this war, Rome wanted to take over Carthage. They attacked the city which resulted in Carthage burning for 17 days. Finally, Carthage was destroyed. After it was over, the remaining 50,000 people still in Carthage were sold into slavery.  Then Carthage was named Roman territory. Back in Italy, there were almost 1 million slaves by the 2nd century BCE. Small farmers lost their lands to rich aristocrats, slaves did work on the farms for the rich, and the big farms became massive estates called Latifundia. 

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