The first battle that the Roman army fought in what is now Catalonia took place in 218 BC in the area around the Iberian town ...

All parts of the Greek and later Roman world were built upon exploiting either their conquered foes or those with the simple misfortune of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite its ...

For 118 years, they fought three Punic Wars until greater Roman growth and vitality finally ... or both lacked the necessary military clout to destroy their adversary’s army, march on the ...

who turned the conquered into slaves or serfs –expanded Roman influence and manpower enormously. As a result, the end of the Pyrrhic War (280–275 BC), the city counted among the great powers of the ...

A Carthaginian general during the Punic Wars, he fought against Rome as ... During the battle, in 216 BCE., Hannibal’s army lured Roman forces into advancing too far forward.

The Carthaginian empire left its mark in history, particularly well-known for the three large-scale "Punic Wars" with the rising Roman Republic, including the Carthaginian general Hannibal's ...