HIST 2100 Lecture 6: HIS2100 Rome Lecture 6
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His 2100: roman lecture 6: roman expansion into the western mediterranean was meet with problems with. Carthage: 1st punic war, 264 241 bc and 2nd punic war, 218 201 bc (hannibal, expansion into the greek world: clashes with the hellenistic kingdoms and greek world, = poeni: hanno the navigator, c. 500 bc: sails down w. coast of africa to below the equator. Sicily: before the punic war, rome and carthage allegedly has signed for treaties in 509, 348, 306 (possibly) and 278 bc (according to polyb. 3. 22 27: 1st punic war broke out over control of messana, the city which controlled the straits between sicily and italy, fighting in sicily led to roman siege capture of agrigentum in western sicily in 262. Corsica and sardinia: hamilcar negotiates with rome and stops his claims to any roman territories, 2nd punic war (218 202 bc): this war begins with the carthaginian siege & capture of.