Punic Wars

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Across
  1. 2. Island in the Mediterranean conquered by Rome in the First Punic War
  2. 3. Country located on a peninsula in western Europe
  3. 4. Carthaginian who used chemistry to cross the Alps
  4. 10. Unit of money that Carthage was forced to pay Rome
  5. 11. Sea that borders Europe and Africa
  6. 13. Group of city-states that allied with Carthage
  7. 14. Long block of wood with a hook at the end that was attached to Roman ships
Down
  1. 1. Animals used by Carthage in the Punic Wars
  2. 5. Mountains that went through Italy
  3. 6. Republic that defeated Carthage in the Punic Wars
  4. 7. Roman governing body that made decisions about the Republic
  5. 8. Roman elder who pushed for war with Carthage
  6. 9. City in Northern Africa with a massive port
  7. 10. Battle in which the Carthaginians ambushed and destroyed the Roman soldiers sent to fight them
  8. 12. Roman general who took the fighting in the Second Punic War to Carthage