1. Carthage
By: Jazmina Acosta-Benitez

2. Carthage was created
• Carthage was first started in the year 813 B.C.
• It was founded by Queen Elissa.
• It became a large and wealthy city all over the
Mediterranean.

3. 1st Punic War
• In the year 264 B.C. was the first war between
Carthage and Rome
• They started to prepare for it by building an
army of 50,000 men and 60 elephants.
• The war lasted for about 25 years.

4. 1st Punic War
• The fight took place in Sicily.
• Carthage was lead by Hannibal while Rome
had different leaders.
• The Battle was named Battle of Ecnomus
because of their navy being powerful over the
seas

5. 2nd Punic War
• Carthage attacked Italy in the year 216 B.C.
• Rome was threatened from the north and the
south.
• The general that was in control for the Roman
was Quintus Fabius Maximus.

6. 2nd Punic War
• In the year 216 B.C. Rome sent an army to go
and face Hannibal and his army.
• He came up with a plan that Rome would go
through the middle.
• Then the army would come from all sides and
attack Rome

7. 2nd Punic War
• Once Hannibal won this fight he didn’t go to
Rome to finish the attack and win the war.
• Instead he decided to stay in Italy and not
proceed.
• So he could try and get more allies.

8. 3rd Punic War
• In the year 149 B.C. Rome though that
Carthage should be destroyed.
• The 3rd and finally war ended in the year 146
B.C. when Rome when to Carthage.
• In 146 B.C. Carthage was burned down to the
ground.
• It was made into a territory in Rome

9. Resulting Effect
• In the year 122 B.C. Utica became the Capital
of Rome
• The religion that everyone was Christianity.
• None of the civilians would fight with each
other.
• The city was then continued under the
Byzantine Empire.

10. Hannibal
• Lived from the years 248 B.C. until the year of
180 B.C.
• His biggest achievement was the Second Punic
War when he marched an entire army and
elephants.
• Hannibal deceived Rome many times while
fighting the war.

11. Hannibal
• He didn’t die by anyone killing him but rather
from drinking poison.
• He lost vision is one of his eyes.
• Hannibal has two brothers, Hasdrubal and
Mago.