C C 302 Chapter 3: Module 3: the Second Punic War Part 1

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: C C 302
• Professor: J Gulizio

Document Summary

Introduction: carthage still remained dominant power in western mediterranean, hannibal"s dad made him swear an oath at 9 to forever hate rome. Hannibal crossing the alps: hannibal decided to invade italy, pursued invasion with overland passage through the alps rather than by sea, 40 elephants brought along. Hannibal"s invasion of italy: hannibal used elephants to overwhelm the roman battle lines at the battle of. Trebia: lack of cooperation between the consuls leading the armies also a major cause of roman defeat at trebia and lake trasimene, lake trasimene - single largest ambus in military history (in terms of numbers) Fabius maximus cunctator: strategy was to avoid direct confrontations unless conditions very favorable to. Romans: attacked supply-lines, harassed detachments from main army, skirmished at a distance from hannibal"s central command. Battle of cannae: greatest disasters of roman military history, consul paullus was killed and of senators, rome"s defeat indicated that they failed to adapt to hannibal"s genius.