On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two ...
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
But that was then. After the dust of the Second Punic War (218-201 BCE) had settled, Carthage was a shell of its former self.
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‘Hannibal and Scipio’ Review: Carthage Versus Rome
The Roman general Scipio and Carthaginian Hannibal dueled with each other during the last years of the third century B.C., the final phase of what we now know as the Second Punic War.
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On this date: Two millennia later, the 3rd Punic War ends
Unlike the previous two wars, which involved much maneuvering and pitched battles (the Second Punic War saw the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossing the Alps) the third was mostly a siege of ...