Punic Wars

PEOPLE

Scipio Africanus was Rome's greatest general, but his death and final resting place are still under debate.

THINGS

Before there was a Roman Empire, Carthage ruled the world. A seafaring, wealthy, and opulent Phoenecian metropolis situated in modern Tunisia, its power and influence preceded it—but then the small Roman Republic began edging in on its territory. Thus began the so-called “Punic Wars.”



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