CLAS-110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Third Punic War, Publican, Aureus
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First punic war: 264-241 bc: messana, hamilcar besieged at lilybaeum in sicily 250-241 bc, 264-260 war was pretty much fought exclusively in sicily, quinquereme roman boats, five banks of oars. Roman corvus: first time romans engaged with the punics on the seas they won, 256 the roman troops landed in north africa and first moved successfully to. Carthage: 249 another major defeat off the coast of sicily, and then the rest of their fleet was lost in a storm, became a war of attrition after 249, romans won in 241. Captured a carthaginian supply fleet headed for sicily. Second punic war: 218-201 bc: publius cornelius scipio and quintus fabius maximus, hannibal in italy from 218-202 bc, battle of cannae (216 bc) and zama (202 bc) Roman legion: ~5000 soldiers: hannibal couldn"t receive reinforcements from africa because he didn"t hold any major port cities.
