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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”