Punic wars

Victory over Carthage in these wars gave Rome a preeminent status it would retain until the division of

"Battle of Beneventum, 275 BCE", Pawel Glodek

The ancient Iberians were a Pre-Roman Iron Age culture in the eastern side of the Iberian Peninsula. Even though the entire peninsula has been named after them, Iberian culture only occupied the Mediterranean side of the peninsula, what is now southeast France, Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia and eastern Andalusia. The rest of the peninsula was occupied by other peoples such as Celts, Celtiberians, Vascones, etc. The Mediterranean coast of Iberia also had some Phoenician and Greek…

The Carthaginian military, renowned for its strategic ingenuity and formidable prowess, played a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of ancient Mediterranean history. Central to this historical narrative are the Punic Wars, a series of three protracted and destructive conflicts between Carthage and Rome that ultimately determined the fate of both empires.

Visit the post for more.

L'assedio di Mozia da parte di Dioniso I di Siracusa nel 397 a.C. Non ostante nel 405 avesse firmato la pace con Cartagine attaccò la loro fortezza per consolidare la potenza di Siracusa sulla Sicilia e una posizione di spicco nei commerci mediterranei. Durante quest'assedio si videro per la prima volta delle catapulte in azione

The army of Hannibal. Second Punic War. This illustration shows some of the warriors from the nations that Hannibal used in his campaign.

The three Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage lasted intermittently, over nearly a century, from 264 to 146 BCE. In the end, Rome was victorious.