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By abandoning the strategy of defending the Italian peninsula and getting their asses kicked by Hannibal and taking to fight to a defenseless Carthage, which had to recall Hannibal to defend it.
The Romans won the Punic Wars because of the mistakes Carthage made.
In the first war, the Carthaginians had the best fleet of ships in the Mediterranean's. They were the fastest and strongest ships that ever sailed the seas. But because the Carthaginians wrote the instructions on how to build the ships, on the actual ships, all it took was one of their ships to be captured and now Rome had the same design.
Now Carthage had no advantage.
Rome's efficiency in building an impressive fleet in a short period of time, is commendable and is one of the reason's why they won the first war.
The second Punic war, was very interesting and a close battle. Hannibal Barca (The worlds best tactician, along with Alexander the Great) was a genius and used his famous tactics to defeat the Romans in numerous battles. (Teribia, Tresimine etc...)
In the second Punic war, Hannibal and his men (and elephants) crossed through the Alps and suprised the Romans. But instead of attacking countries towns and gradually getting to Rome, Hannibal decided to attack Rome itself.
To avoid conflict before getting to Rome, Hannibal tied torches to the horns of two thousand oxen, at night, and sent them away from Rome's direction, into a valley. The Roman guards who saw this, reported it, as it looked like Hannibal's men, making an escape. Rome then went to confront Hannibal, but left it's guard wide open, and Hannibal made his way to the gates of Rome.
But... once he was there, he received word that the armies pursuing the oxen, had moved on to attack Carthage, and so Hannibal had to leave Rome unscathed and return to Carthage to defend it. After a short period of time, a battle in Africa took place (Zama) and Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal's forces. Although, Hannibal commited suicide by drinking poison, as to not let his enemy get the satisfaction of an assassination.
Most contributing factors to the outcome:
Rome: Their government fully supported the army and gave it funding.
Rome had a lot of strong allies and thousands upon thousands of men.
Scipio Africanus, studied Hannibal and used his own tactics against him.
Carthage:
The government treated Hannibal as an outsider, even after fighting in their name.
Hannibal was outnumbered (as he usually was)
Hannibal and his men were far more fatigued then the Romans, as they had crossed the Alps... with ELEPHANTS!
Third Punic war, Hasdrubal was in charge of Carthage, and in a rash decision, broke the treaty between Rome and Carthage, Rome simply powered over the Carthaginians and broke through their walls and slaughtered and burned their city to the ground. Hasdrubal was regarded as a coward, because he begged for forgiveness and mercy from the Romans. The Roman man named, Cato was a key factor in this war and should be researched to gain a better understanding of the third Punic War.
Sources:
Studying the three Punic wars,
Various textbooks and educational websites.
They didn't. Rome won all three Punic wars.
They didn't. Rome won all three Punic wars.
They didn't. Rome won all three Punic wars.
They didn't. Rome won all three Punic wars.
They didn't. Rome won all three Punic wars.
They didn't. Rome won all three Punic wars.
They didn't. Rome won all three Punic wars.
They didn't. Rome won all three Punic wars.
They didn't. Rome won all three Punic wars.
The factors that contribute to Rome's victory were:
1) Hannibal lost his siege machines when he crossed the Alps in the snowy winter to enter into Italy from the Carthaginian possessions in Spain. Without these he could not attack Rome. Thus, after routing the Romans twice (in northern and central Italy), he went to southern Italy instead of heading for Rome.
2) The Romans adopted a strategy of attrition: they avoided open battle and harassed him with guerrilla tactics to wear him down.
3) Hannibal smallish invasion army needed Rome's allies in Italy to switch sides to increase his forces and weaken Rome. When this materialised in the south, after winning the battle of Cannae (in the south), it proved insufficient. Hannibal set up his headquarters in Capua (Italy's second largest city near Naples) which had switched sides. However, he failed to seize or retain two strategic cities in this area and two attempts at sending him reinforcements were foiled. The Romans besieged Capua. Hannibal had to leave the area. Moreover, Rome's allies in central Italy remained loyal.
4) The military manpower of Rome and her allies was massive. Rome was able to keep raising new armies and gradually regained control of southern Italy. They also suppressed a rebellion in Sicily. Hannibal lost many men and half of his cavalry. A cavalry far superior in numbers had been a key to his victories. His tactics became more defensive.
5) The Romans intercepted and routed the army of Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother. He was bringing and siege machines and the badly needed reinforcements from Spain to Hannibal. At this point Hannibal's campaign in Italy came to a dead end. He spent the last four years stuck in Calabria (the toe of Italy) whose mountains were easy to defend.
6) In Carthage the peace faction refused to send reinforcements to Hannibal from Africa.
7) The Romans found in Scipio Africanus a general who could match Hannibal. He defeated the Carthaginians in Spain and Rome took over their Spanish territories. Reinforcements to Hannibal could no longer be sent from there. Carthage also lost her main source of wealth, the silver mines in Spain.
8) Scipio Africanus began a campaign in Tunisia (where Carthage was). Hannibal was recalled from Italy to fight in Tunisia. Scipio defeated him in the last battle of the war, the battle of Zama.
9) The western Numidians of Algeria switched alliance from Carthage to Rome. They had supplied half of Hannibal's cavalry. Now they supplied 2/3 of the Roman cavalry in the Battle of Zama, and played a key role in that victory.
The defeat of Carthage on the battlefield and threat of a siege of Carthage brought a Carthaginian agreement to pay a massive financial indemnity designed to paralyse Carthage for fifty years.
However the resilient Carthaginians paid it off in ten years and continued the trading empire in the Western Mediterranean, leading to Rome's determination to eliminate them as a competitor entirely.
The Romans had assembled a much stronger force of cavalry and drove the Carthaginian cavalry off, and the Romans mounted a two prong attack by their infantry - from cantre and flank which broke up the Carthaginian infantry.
The Romans under the Consul Nero won the battle by using a tactic later known as "interior lines". The Roman army was inbetween the armies of Hannibal and Hasdrubal. In such a position they could could create a concentration of forces on either side of their position. Nero focused on Hasdrubal's position and attacked. Hasdrubal, the brother of Hannibal, was killed in the battle. Messengers he had sent to Hannibal were intercepted. Hannibal never knew his brother had arrived in Italy to reinforce him.
Rome won the first Punic War by building a navy and establishing superior naval tactics to counter the hitherto dominant Carthaginian fleet.
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Who did Rome fight in the Punic wars?
Carthage
Who were the Roman enemies in the Punic war?
The Romans battled the Carthoginians in the Punic Wars. There were three, all of which Rome won.
What are the events from the start of the First Punic War and the start of the Second Punic War?
First Punic War: Carthage was pushing its control in Sicily and ran up against some rebellious mercenary soldiers. Rome chose to support them as a means of having an excuse to move into Sicily to expand its territory beyond Italy. Second Punic War: Carthage attacked Sargentum in Spain, in breach of the Ebro River line agreed with Rome as dividing their areas of interest in Spain.
What did they do in the second Punic war than the first Punic war?
In the First Punic War, Rome defeated Carthage and gained Sicily. In the Second Punic War, Rome defeated Carthage comprehensively and imposed crippling financial penalties with limitations designed to remove its threat as a competitor. Carthage was resilient and paid the penalties, was attacked by Rome's allies, resisted and was destroyed in the Third Punic War.
Where was famous general Hannibal from?
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Who did Rome fight in the Punic wars?
Carthage
What were the events of the punic war?
First Punic War - Rome defeated Carthage. Second Punic War - Rome defeated Carthage. Third Punic War - Rome defeated Carthage.
Who was Hannibal and what was the mane of the war between his homeland and Rome?
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Who were the Roman enemies in the Punic war?
The Romans battled the Carthoginians in the Punic Wars. There were three, all of which Rome won.
Who were the Punic Wars against?
Rome versus Carthage.
Who fought in the Second Punic War?
Carthage and Rome .
Who did Rome defeat in the Second Punic War?
Carthage.
Where was the punic war fought?
The first Punic War was fought between Carthage, and Rome, the second was fought in Rome, and the third was fought in Carthage.
What were three wars called that Rome fought against Carthage?
First, Second and Third Punic Wars.
What are the events from the start of the First Punic War and the start of the Second Punic War?
First Punic War: Carthage was pushing its control in Sicily and ran up against some rebellious mercenary soldiers. Rome chose to support them as a means of having an excuse to move into Sicily to expand its territory beyond Italy. Second Punic War: Carthage attacked Sargentum in Spain, in breach of the Ebro River line agreed with Rome as dividing their areas of interest in Spain.
Who was better Rome or Carthage in the Second Punic War?
Rome defeated Carthage and imposed a crippling indemnity on it.
What was fought against Carthage?
The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and Carthage.
