#43
Roman Expansion and The Punic Wars
What was Carthage?
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Powerful city located near present-day Tunis, ______________, along the
Mediterranean coast of Africa
– ______________colony founded in the 8th century BCE
– ______________is Latin for Phoenician
Carthage had a large ____________________________empire
– Great ____________________________at Carthage
– Phoenician tradition of ______________and ______________
– Controlled ______________in the western Mediterranean
– Carthaginian trading empire spread to islands of ______________, ______________, and western ______________, along with southern ______________peninsula (modern-day Spain)
Major rival of ______________
PUNIC WARS
In the 200's B.C. ______________ruled ______________.
Carthage- Wealth city in North Africa – __________________________________________
• Rome and Carthage fought for _________________________________________
Rome afraid ______________would try to take control of ______________
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First Punic War (264-241 BCE)
______________and ____________fought for ___years over control of ______________
Strengths
– Roman strength – ______________
– Carthaginian strength – ______________
Rome’s solution – ____________________________ (___________________________________)
– Built four fleets, each destroyed in turn, before mastering
naval warfare
Rome’s new weapon – __________________________________________
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– Forced ship crews to fight ____________________________on deck
• _________________________fighting was a Roman strength
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GIST___________________________________________________________________________________________
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Second Punic War (218-201 BCE)
Carthage counterattacks –____________________________
• Attacked from Spain going through the ____________________________
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__________________________________________ for the next 13 years.
• But Hannibal ____________________________________the city of Rome
Rome attacks North Africa and Carthage-____________________________
• Forced Hannibal to __________________________________________.
• Hannibal is __________________________________________
• Carthage lost its ______________, ______________ (Spain), and the larger
part of its territory in __________________________________________
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Third Punic War (149-146 BCE) - Rome Wins
____________________________ rebels against Rome’s rule.
Rome attacks Carthage and after a ____________________________and days of
street fighting, Carthage is ______________.
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Roman soldiers even ______________the fields so food ______________be grown.
GIST___________________________________________________________________________________________
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Results of the Punic Wars: During and After
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Rome’s defeat of Carthage left Rome as the ________________________________________
Roman control of ____________________________
Rome went on to conquer the remnants of
__________________________________________empire in ____________________________
“Business” of Rome was:
 ____________________________
 ____________________________
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 ____________________________
 ____________________________
 ____________________________
Political Unrest at Home
2nd Punic War destroyed ________________________. _____________________________
many farms. Some Romans gain great ____________________________while
some ____________________________. Soldiers are out of __________________________
Farmers are undercut by:
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____________________________farms
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______________farmers move to ______________– _____________jobs available
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Revolt!
This sets the stage for the rise of a ___________________________________.