HIST 114A Lecture 2: HIST 114A 2nd Half Lecture Notes
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Rome and carthage agreed to fixed the boundary along the ebro. Hannibal had sworn never to be friends and never to the forgive. Carthage revived and rebuilt quickly and founded the spain capital. Not happy with it, claims to be a friend of rome, asks rome for help, but falls before rome could help. Rome want car to cede saguntum asked to hand over hannibal, Rome now has the strongest navy, now trying to take car psessions again. Hannibal takes his army over land to italy, over two mountains ranges, wild areas, something no army has ever done. Cosmopolitan fights their way to italy, leaves his brother hasdrubal in spain with a smaller army to hold down the fort. Rome loves elephants, livy tells us of the logistical problems of the car as they make their treck over the mountain.