Carthaginians

The Carthaginians made a series of attempts to appease Rome, and received a promise that if three hundred children of well-born Carthaginians were sent as hostages to Rome the Carthaginians would keep the rights to their land and self-government.

The Carthaginians were famed for their abilities as sailors, and unlike their armies, many Carthaginians from the lower classes served in their navy, which provided them with a stable income and career.

Yet despite the lack of political support, Scipio went to battle, utilizing stealth and intelligence to set fire to the Carthaginians camp in the middle of the night.

The Romans slaughtered the Carthaginians.

After fierce fighting, the Carthaginians were defeated and the city fell.

Aftermath Ruins of Carthage Many Carthaginians died from starvation during the later part of the siege, while many others died in the final six days of fighting.

After their defeat, Hannibal convinced the Carthaginians to accept peace.

After those had been handed over, Rome additionally demanded that the Carthaginians move at least 16 kilometres inland, while the city was to be burned.

After various changes of fortune, the Carthaginians managed to besiege Syracuse itself, but were eventually pushed back by a pestilence.

Although the aging Hannibal was suffering from mental exhaustion and deteriorating health after years of campaigning in Italy, the Carthaginians still had the advantage in numbers and were boosted by the presence of 80 war elephants.

As a result of the battle, the Romans were forced to retreat to their stronghold of Northern Iberia, from which the Carthaginians could not expel them.

As soon as he scored a minor success, by winning a skirmish with the Carthaginians, the Senate promoted Minucius to the same imperium (power of command) as Fabius, whom he accused of cowardice.

At a banquet in Book 2, Aeneas tells the story of the sack of Troy, the death of his wife, and his escape, to the enthralled Carthaginians, while in Book 3 he recounts to them his wanderings over the Mediterranean in search of a suitable new home.

Battle of Lake Trasimene plan Carthaginians Romans In early spring 217 BC, Hannibal decided to advance, leaving his wavering Gallic allies in the Po Valley and crossed the Apennines unopposed.

Destruction The Selinuntines are again mentioned in 397 BCE when they supported Dionysius during his war with Carthage; Diodorus Siculus xiv. 47 but both the city and territory were again given up to the Carthaginians by the peace of 383 BCE.

During the Second Punic War (218 – 202 BC), the Veneti even sent a contingent of soldiers to fight alongside the Romans against Hannibal and the invading Carthaginians.

Following a prolonged siege and a bloody struggle, in which Hannibal himself was wounded and the army practically destroyed, the Carthaginians finally took control of the city.

For a maritime power the loss of their access to the Mediterranean stung financially and psychologically, and the Carthaginians sued for peace.

He scored a moral success, bringing the war to the Carthaginians' native African soil, inflicting heavy losses to the enemy.

He was besieged in Syracuse by the Carthaginians in 311 BC, but he escaped from the city with a small fleet.