Engineering an Empire: Carthage
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Punic Wars
Three wars between Rome and Carthage:First Punic War 264–241 BC, resulted in the defeat of the Carthaginians under Hamilcar Barca and the cession of Sicily to Rome;Second Punic War 218–201 BC, Hannibal invaded Italy, defeated the Romans at Trebia, Trasimene, and at Cannae (under Fabius Maximus), but was finally defeated himself by Scipio Africanus Major at Zama (now in Algeria);Third Punic War 149–146 BC, ended in the destruction of Carthage, and its possessions becoming the Roman province of Africa.
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