Punic Wars

Today in Western Civ. we learned about the Punic wars and how Rome constantly battled with Carthage on 3 separate occasions. We learned about how Hannibal pulled off the flank of a lifetime by marching all his troops around to the north of Rome and how he layed waste to cities surrounding Rome but not Rome itself. Finally we learned of how Rome defeated Carthage by invading them, burning their cities, and selling most of their populous into slavery.