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Punic Wars
Punic Wars three distinct conflicts between Carthage and Rome . When they began, Rome had nearly completed the conquest of Italy, while Carthage controlled NW Africa and the islands and the commerce of the W Mediterranean. When they ended, Carthage was ruined, and Rome was the greatest power W o... Read more
Masinissa
Masinissa or Massinissa , c.238-148 BC, king of Numidia. He succeeded (c.207 BC) his father as king of E Numidia. Brought up in Carthage, he fought in a Carthaginian campaign in Spain in the Second Punic War (see Punic Wars ) but eventually went over (c.206) to the Roman side. After defeating h... Read more
Hamilcar Barca
Hamilcar Barca d. 229 or 228 BC, Carthaginian general. He was assigned the command in Sicily in 247 in the First Punic War (see Punic Wars ). From mountain bases near Palermo he made repeated raids on the Romans and relieved the Punic garrison in Lilybaeum. However, the Carthaginians were defeated... Read more
Hasdrubal
Hasdrubal d. 207 BC, Carthaginian general; son of Hamilcar Barca . During the Second Punic War (see Punic Wars ), his brother Hannibal , on leaving for Italy, made Hasdrubal commander in Spain. Hasdrubal conducted a long campaign against the Romans, led by Publius and Cnaeus Scipio , who preven... Read more
Regulus
Regulus (Marcus Atilius Regulus) , d. c.250 BC, Roman general in the First Punic War. While consul (267 BC) he conquered the Sallentini and captured Brundisium (now Brindisi). He became consul a second time (256), defeated the Carthaginians at sea, and waged war against them in Africa, at first wi... Read more
Sagunto
Sagunto , Latin Saguntum, town (1990 pop. 58,135), Valencia prov., E Spain, on the Palencia River, in Valencia. A seaport on the Mediterranean, it is an important metallurgical center, with iron and steel foundries. Saguntum was an ally of Rome when it was besieged and captured (219-218 BC) by the... Read more
Numidia
Numidia , ancient country of NW Africa, very roughly the modern Algeria . It was part of the Carthaginian empire until Masinissa , ruler of E Numidia, allied himself (c.206 BC) with Rome in the Punic Wars . After the Roman victory over Carthage led to peace in 201 BC, Masinissa was awarded rule o... Read more
Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder or Cato the Censor, Lat. Cato Major or Cato Censorius, 234-149 BC, Roman statesman and moralist, whose full name was Marcus Porcius Cato. He fought in the Second Punic War and later served as quaestor (204), aedile (199), praetor (198), consul (195), and censor (184). He was ... Read more
Hannibal
Hannibal , b. 247 BC, d. 183 or 182 BC Carthaginian general, an implacable and formidable enemy of Rome. Although knowledge of him is based primarily on the reports of his enemies, Hannibal appears to have been both just and merciful. He is renowned for his tactical genius. Invasion of Italy ... Read more
Tarragona
Tarragona , city (1990 pop. 112,360), capital of Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Francolí River. A port and commercial center, it has an oil refinery, flour mills, and a large wine export. Some of Spain's finest wines are made in the nearb... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Punic"

Punic Wars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Punic Wars three distinct conflicts between Carthage and Rome . When...war was the final, desperate attempt of Carthage to preserve Punic (Carthaginian) liberty. First Punic War The First Punic War, 264-241 BC, grew immediately out...
Carthage
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...control over all the W Mediterranean. The Punic Wars and the Decline of Carthage In the...s control of the W Mediterranean in the Punic Wars (so called after the Roman name for...on Sicily. Immediately after the First Punic War a great uprising of the mercenaries...
Masinissa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...fought in a Carthaginian campaign in Spain in the Second Punic War (see Punic Wars ) but eventually went over (c.206) to the Roman...202), which ended the war. Rome awarded him the Punic territory E of Carthage. His tragic relationship with...
Hamilcar Barca
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Carthaginian general and statesman in the First Punic War who firmly established Carthaginian...Roman people, put an end to the First Punic War. Hamilcar received free retreat for...of Hamilcar's generalship in the First Punic War, since he arrived too late on the...
Hannibal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Hamilcar Barca , the defender of Sicily in the First Punic War (see Punic Wars ), he learned to hate Rome. He succeeded as general...Carthage supported him, and Rome declared war (the Second Punic War, 218-201 BC). With a relatively small army...
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...was a Roman official during the Second Punic War. He defeated Hannibal in the Battle...Roman history to obtain this privilege. Punic Wars In Spain, Scipio seized New Carthage...Scullard's Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War (1930) and Richard M. Haywood...
Tunisia
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...at Kerkouane and Kelibia, two ancient Punic (Phoenician) towns, indicate that highly...used by Phoenicians from all classes, the Punic ruins at Carthage, Kelibia, and Kerkouane...occupations practiced by their peoples, the Punic cities were destroyed by Roman invaders...
Zama
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...says that in 202 BC Scipio Africanus Major defeated Hannibal there in the decisive and final battle of the Second Punic War (see Punic Wars ). There is good reason for believing the actual battle was fought at some nearby place.
Utica
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Utica usually allied itself with that city, but in the Third Punic War it sided with Rome against Carthage. Upon the destruction...700) by the Arabs. Excavations at the site have yielded two Punic cemeteries and Roman ruins, including baths and a villa with...
Hasdrubal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Hasdrubal d. 207 BC, Carthaginian general; son of Hamilcar Barca . During the Second Punic War (see Punic Wars ), his brother Hannibal , on leaving for Italy, made Hasdrubal commander in Spain. Hasdrubal conducted...

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Punic
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Punic of or relating to ancient Carthage; the...Phoinix ‘Phoenician’. Punic faith a term for treachery, from the character...attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. Punic Wars three wars between Rome and Carthage...
Punic wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Punic wars The three wars fought in the 3rd and 2nd century BC between Rome and Carthage, so named from ‘Poenicus’...
Malta
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...literal translation of the Greek; ‘nations’ in NRSV, REB; ‘inhabitants’, NJB) retained their Punic culture. Paul spent three months among them after his ship was wrecked on the journey to Rome .
Sicily
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Italy. Settled successively by Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians, it became a Roman province in 241 BC after the first Punic War. Sicily and southern Italy became a Norman kingdom towards the end of the 11th century. It was conquered by Charles of...
Macedonian wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Philip V was opposed by an alliance of Rome, Aetolia, and Pergamum, but with Rome also deeply involved in the second of the PUNIC WARS he was able to force Aetolia to accept terms, and then to agree favourable ones with Rome itself. But war broke out again...
Hannibal
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Hannibal (247–182 bc), Carthaginian general. In the second Punic War he attacked Italy via the Alps, which he crossed with elephants; he repeatedly defeated the Romans, but failed to take Rome...
Roman empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...It came into conflict with CARTHAGE in the western Mediterranean and with the Hellenistic world in the east. Success in the PUNIC WARS gave Rome its first overseas possessions in Sicily (241), Spain (201), and north Africa (146) and the Macedonian...
Roman legion
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Legions evolved from the citizen militia that equipped itself in times of crisis for defence of the state. During the Second PUNIC WAR SCIPIO AFRICANUS reorganized the battle array and improved the army's tactics. Under MARIUS , men of no property began...
Samnite wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...x2013;290), but were defeated. The Samnites were consistently hostile to Rome. They helped HANNIBAL in the second PUNIC WAR and revolted for the last time in the Social War of 90, after which they became allies of MARIUS . SULLA crushed them and...
navy
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...basis of Athenian supremacy. The Roman empire, though essentially a land-based power, fought Carthage at sea in the First PUNIC WAR , and gained control of the Mediterranean. Navies were needed to protect trading vessels against pirates: the BYZANTINE...

Thesaurus entries related to "Punic"

scar
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...scarifying wit, Stove does for irrationalism in Karl Popper's philosophy . . . what the Romans did for Carthage in the Third Punic War.” ( New Criterion ; Mar. 1997.) An identically pronounced, but separate, scarify , based on the root word...

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Late Punic Epigraphy.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; Late Punic Epigraphy. Edited by KAREL JONGEUNG and...euro]19 (paper). The field of late Punic epigraphy has not received substantial attention...Essentially, this is a small handbook of Late Punic texts. The term Late Punic is defined within...
Phoenician-Punic grammar and lexicography in the new millennium.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...fundamental studies elucidating Phoenician-Punic grammar and syntax. Transliterated Punic texts are among the least intelligible in the...Northwest Semitic. Krahmalkov has long pondered the Punic passages of Plautus' Poenulus and the Neo...
Notes on Tripolitanian neo-Punic.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/1994; 700+ words ; ...below which is a three-line notice in romanized Punic identifying the lapidary scribe. The Punic illustrates four features of the Tripolitanian...person plural of the active. Inasmuch as the Punic text has never been discussed critically, I...
League of Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic cities pledge closer mutual ties.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon); 11/5/2009; 700+ words ; ...together ancient Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic cities held its second-ever convention...League of the Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic Cities was founded by Maha al-Khalil...together ancient Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic cities held its second-ever convention...
A research manual on Phoenician and Punic civilization. (Review Article).
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...comprehensive handbook of Phoenician and Punic civilization. Representing the state of...Amadasi Guzzo surveys Phoenician and Punic epigraphy, with sections on Byblos, Sidon...for works of literature in Phoenician and Punic, now utterly lost. With respect to Phoenician...
The First Punic War.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; The First Punic War. By J. F. Lazenby. (Stanford...historiographic issues surrounding the First Punic War in the best possible fashion for a...the early Roman Republic and the First Punic War on their own terms, not merely as...
Punic on the streets of Rome
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 6/4/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...in the running hostilities known as The Punic Wars. During this time, a great general...This battle marked the end of the second Punic War, but it was not long before hostilities...novel, the last in a trilogy about the Punic Wars. Compiled by a fictional Greek exile...
The impact of metals of society part III: The Punic Wars
Magazine article from: JOM; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...weapons to maintain it."6 THE FIRST PUNIC WAR Heiron II of Syracuse attacked Messana...the Romans and in 264 B.C. the First Punic War started. Rome prevailed, and Sicily...the mines of Spain.7 During the First Punic War, the Greeks took over the entire southern...
TIMELINE.(chronology of the Punic Wars)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 1/1/1999; 482 words ; ...Rome and Carthage erupts into the First Punic War. ELSEWHERE: In India, King Ashoka...boldly advances against Rome and a Second Punic War breaks out between the two nations...Carthage's power, Rome begins the Third Punic War when it sends its troops across the...
Rural landscapes of the Punic world.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2009; 606 words ; 9781845532703 Rural landscapes of the Punic world. Dommelen, Peter van and Carlos...long explored the remains of cities in the Punic world, few have shown an interest in the...ago. Formerly, all that was known about Punic rural society came from Greek and Roman...