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Seventh Grade Social Studies
Mr. LaBrache
4/13/11
The Punic Wars
A Chart for Understanding
Directions:
Below you will find a char to help you organize your thoughts about the Punic Wars. Fill in the
missing parts to help you study. Some pieces have been done for you. You do not need to use
complete sentences.
War Name
Date:
Leader:
Location:
Purpose:
Outcome:
Sicily
Rome and Carthage
fight over territory in
Sicily: started by
Mamertines
Rome wins:
Rome gains 1st
victory outside of
Italy: Sicily, acquire
Sardinia and Corsica
too
1) Spain
(Saguntum)
1) Hannibal attacks
Saguntum (Rome
needs to defend its
ally)
Carthage:
1st Punic War
264 – 241
BCE
General
Hamilcar
Carthage:
General
Hannibal
2nd Punic War
3rd Punic War
219 – 201
BCE
149 – 146
BCE
Rome:
2) Italy
General Scipio (Hannibal for
Africanus
14 years)
Macedon:
Philip V (108
years after
Alexander
dies)
3) Carthage
Rome: Cato
(Roman
statesmen)
Carthage
Rome: Scipio
Aemilianus
(Africanus’
relative
2) Hannibal “sneak”
attacks Rome, he
wants them dead
Rome wins:
Under Scipio Rome
gains Spain
Carthage signs treaty
with Rome; now
new land, no war
ships, no war with
Rome
4) Zama
1) Rome jealous of
Carthage’s success
2) Numidians pester
Carthage into battle
Rome wins:
Carthage is sacked
and destroyed,
citizens and soldiers
sold into slavery (if
not dead)