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The '''Second Punic War''' (218-202 B.C.) was fought between the empire of [[Roman Republic|Rome]] and [[Carthage]] led by the infamous [[Hannibal]]. The Second Punic War will go down as one of the ost important in world history, to rival the conquests of [[Alexander the Great]] in 325 B.C. and the [[First Persian War]] in 499 B.C. and the [[Second Persian War in 485 B.C.  

The '''Second Punic War''' (218-202 B.C.) was fought between the empire of [[Roman Republic|Rome]] and [[Carthage]] led by the infamous [[Hannibal]]. The Second Punic War will go down as one of the ost important in world history, to rival the conquests of [[Alexander the Great]] in 325 B.C. and the Persian Wars in Greece in the 5th century B.C.

 

Hannibal took his entire army through [[Spain]] and then, in a preemptive move, crossed the Italian [[Alps]] in merely 15 days to the great surprise of the Romans. Hannibal's crossing of the Alps with 30,000 men and some elephants is considered one of the greatest military feats of the ancient world. He then beat the Romans in a series of battles for 16 years, inflicting horrible losses, but the Romans wouldn't break and their allies remained loyal.  In the end Hannibal could not conquer Rome itself since he had no seige train.  The Romans couldn't repel Hannibal, but they didn't have to.  Hannibal had to retreat to Africa when the Roman general Scipio, who was later called "Africanus" because of his valor in Africa, was set to attack Carthage.  Eventually with an army of mostly green recruits, Hannibal was defeated at the [[Battle of Zama]].  Carthage sued for peace.  Rome acquired Spain as a result of the Second Punic War.

Hannibal took his entire army through [[Spain]] and then, in a preemptive move, crossed the Italian [[Alps]] in merely 15 days to the great surprise of the Romans. Hannibal's crossing of the Alps with 30,000 men and some elephants is considered one of the greatest military feats of the ancient world. He then beat the Romans in a series of battles for 16 years, inflicting horrible losses, but the Romans wouldn't break and their allies remained loyal.  In the end Hannibal could not conquer Rome itself since he had no seige train.  The Romans couldn't repel Hannibal, but they didn't have to.  Hannibal had to retreat to Africa when the Roman general Scipio, who was later called "Africanus" because of his valor in Africa, was set to attack Carthage.  Eventually with an army of mostly green recruits, Hannibal was defeated at the [[Battle of Zama]].  Carthage sued for peace.  Rome acquired Spain as a result of the Second Punic War.

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