Punic Wars

Punic is associated with which country

• Rome

• Egypt

• Phoenicia

• Greece

The first war was about what?

• Control of Rome

• Control of

  Sicily and Islands

• Control of Carthage

• Control of Spain

The First Punic War involved a lot of what?

• Naval Warfare

• Attacks on Carthage

• Attacks on Rome

• Fighting in Spain

The Second Punic War involved what

• Naval Warfare

• Attacks in Italy

  only

• Attacks in Italy and Carthage

• Attacks in Carthage only

Who led the Carthaginians to Italy

• Caesar

• Hannibal

• Gaius Gracchus

• Augustus

How did Hannibal outsmart the Romans

• Attacked Egypt

• Crossed the Alps in the North to attack Italy

• Used ships to attack Rome

• Retook Sicily

What animals did Hannibal bring to fight with the Romans

• Lions

• Tigers

• Elephants

• Bears

What did Cato the Elder say after each of his speeches

• Rome must win

• Carthage must be destroyed

• Peace, Peace we all need Peace

• Carthage is our freind

What happened in the Third Punic War

• Rome burned

• Carthage burned

• Both sides lost

what does Mare Nostrum mean

• Leader of Nostrum city

• a type of horse

• Our sea

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