The Punic Wars

The Punic Wars were 3 wars fight between Rome and Carthage that took place from 264- 146 BCE. Rome won the first Punic War, it took place from 264- 241 BCE and was a naval battle, they were fighting for control of Sicily. Rome also won the second Punic War. this war was fought from 218- 201 BCE. Hannibal, who was the general of Carthage hand goal to take down Rome by crossing Spain and the Alps on elephants and attacking them from the North but ends up not defeating them. The final Punic War was fought from 149- 146 BCE and Rome's goal was to completely get rid of Carthage as a threat. Carthage was attacked and burned for 17 days, destroying everything completely. The remaining people in Carthage, 50,000 people, were sold into slavery and Rome took over all of Carthage's territories. The slaves were taken to Italy and with so many slaves in Italy by the second century BCE worked on farms of the rich, small farmers and other people who were in debt lost their land and jobs. The slaves worked on farms of the rich, and those big farms were just getting bigger and the people started getting even more money.