1. The Punic Wars

2. Foldable Part I First Punic War Why did the Punic Wars begin?
Who were the Punic Wars between?
How did the Romans over come their weakness at sea?
Second Punic War
What year did the Second Punic War begin?
Who led the Carthaginian army?
What did the Carthaginians do because they were unable to capture the city of Rome?

3. The First Punic War
By 264 B.C., the Romans had conquered some Greek city-states in southern Italy, bringing them into contact with the Phoenician city of Carthage.

4. The First Punic War Why did the Punic War begin?
The Romans felt threatened by the Carthaginians, and they also wanted Sicily’s granaries.

5. The First Punic War What happened in 264 B.C.E?
In 264 B.C., the Romans and Carthaginians clashed in a war that lasted for 23 years.
It was the first of three wars between Rome and Carthage that came to be known as the Punic Wars.

6. The First Punic War
Where did Carthage’s military strength lay? Where did Romes?
Carthage’s military strength lay in its navy, while Rome’s lay in its army which defeated the Carthaginians.
In 241 B.C., the Carthaginians agreed to make peace and left Sicily.

7. Hannibal and the Second Punic War
What year did the Second Punic War begin?
In 218 B.C., the Second Punic War began.
Who lead the Carthaginian army?
The Carthaginians, led by General Hannibal Barca, attacked the Roman army by land from the north. He was unable to capture Rome.

8. Hannibal and the Second Punic War
Who won the Second Punic War?
Then, the Romans attacked Carthage, and Hannibal was called home to defend it and he lost his first battle.
As a result of the second Punic War what was Carthage forced to do?
In 201 B.C., Carthage agreed to pay Rome a huge sum of money and to give up all its territories, including Spain.

9. Foldable Part II Third Punic War
Describe the events of the Third Punic War.
What did the Romans do to keep Corinth from gaining power?
How did Rome become the leading power in the Mediterranean world?

10. The Third Punic War Describe the Events of the Third Punic War
To prevent Carthage from gaining power, the Romans attacked Carthage in 149 B.C., the Third Punic War.
In 146 B.C. the Greek city-state of Corinth and some of its allies refused to obey a Roman order.

11. The Third Punic War
The Romans attacked Corinth and burned it to the ground.
Rome became the leading power of the Mediterranean world.