Carthage Aeneas Troy Dido 1184 BCE
920 years later...
First Punic War ( ) Civil war in Messina (Sicily) casus belli
Rome invests in fleet –quinqueremes –corvus Spain under Carthaginian control First Punic War ( )
Hannibal Barca son of Hamilcar born 247 BC At age 9, he makes an oath, swearing his undying hatred of Rome
Second Punic War Hamilcar dies , Hannibal, age 26, top general Spain (then Italy)
* Saguntum 8 month siege 219: Leaves Hasdrubal in Spain w/ 16,000 troops pro-Rome
Hannibal crosses into Italy –80,000 infantry –12,000 cavalry –elephants Subdues Celts in Po River valley October, 218 BCE
Leaves Hanno + 10K troops, 1K cavalry
Meanwhile, back in Rome...
P. Cornelius Scipio –Spain The Plan T. Sempronius Longus –Africa (via Sicily) Back to Italy Po River Gn. Cornelius Scipio –SE Gaul
Roman defeats at –Ticinus River, Trebia River (218) –Lake Trasimene (217) – Cannae (216)
Ticinus River 218 P. Cornelius Scipio wounded Romans withdraw
Trebia River December, 218 Scipio’s legions + Sempronius Major loss: 15-20K
Lake Trasimene April, 217 new cos. Flaminius Hannibal ambushes; 15K Romans dead
Cannae 216 cos. Varro & Paulus 60K Romans dead
Vietnam ( ) 58,000
P. Cornelius Scipio (the Younger) Hasdrubal crosses Alps into Italy Metaurus R.: Hasdrubal + 20K dead 208
Romans defeat Carthaginians in Spain Hannibal in Italy Scipio plans invasion of Africa 206
20K Carth. Dead; 20K slavery; Romans: 500 dead 202: Hannibal defeated –all territory but city –all warships, elephants –$$$ (10,000 talents) –no war w/o Roman consent P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus Zama
16 years in Italy 300,000 dead Romans Farms, etc. devastated
PC Scipio, cos. 218 PC Scipio Africanus (son), cos. 205 PC Scipio Aemelianus (adopted grandson of Africanus), cos. 134 Famous Scipios
Even More Famous Scipios
Third Punic War M. Porcius Cato delenda est Carthago Scipio Aemilianus Carthage destroyed