HIST 1001 : Exam 3
Document Summary
Wars; conflict starts in sicily: first punic war (264-241 bc) is over sicily; last long time; sicily is a battlefield. Ends with a peace treaty and carthage giving up. Romans get first piece of land outside the peninsula; first province of rome. They create a province that has a governor. Sicily was great with resources, wine and oil, mining, agricultural land. Becomes a model of roman expansion: second punic war (218-201 bc) Begins with an attack by the carthage on the. Romans were nervous about carthage coming by sea; instead they move their army over the alps. This surprised the romans and hannibal (the. Carthage leader of this attack) was extremely successful. Hannibal"s idea is that by going through the land; he could get some of the people who were conquered by the romans on his side as he passed through. Romans had animal shows to show their domination; elephants come to symbolize.
