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Name__________________________________ Period__________ Date__________________ Complete the chart showing the causes and outcomes of each war. The Punic Wars First Punic War Second Punic War Causes Results • Carthage became a superpower and was a threat to Rome • Rome accused Carthage of breaking a treaty when it entered Messina in Sicily – declared war • Romans won the war and took Sicily • Carthage asked for peace and had to pay indemnity (a fine) as well as give up control of Sicily • Hannibal wanted revenge and to attack the Romans in Italy • He attacked Saguntum, a city in Spain that was a Roman ally, in order to draw the Romans into war and then crossed the Alps and invaded Italy • The Romans under Scipio attacked Carthage • Carthage surrendered and asked for peace • Paid an indemnity and lost the Spanish colonies • Rome became the only dominant power in the Med Sea • Some Romans still feared Carthage and passionately hated it • Roman leaders began to antagonize Carthage in order to provoke Third Punic another war War • Rome declared war when Carthaginians fought back against the Numidians who had been attacking them • Carthage was destroyed and its people killed or enslaved • The city and surrounding land were burnt and salt was sowed into the land • Led to free expansion of the Roman Empire and establishment of the “Roman Lake”