Weapons and warfare
Across
- 1. battle won by Hannibal in 216BCE
- 5. a common model of weapons and armour used by the Greeks and adopted by the Carthaginians
- 9. ancient empire on the north coast of Africa
- 11. the most extreme punishment for a Carthaginian commander who had failed
- 14. these were mounted on the decks of ships for siege warfare
- 15. according to this historian Carthage had a fleet of 350 ships in 256BCE
- 16. Roman historian who wrote authorized versions of the history of the Roman republic including the battle of Carthage
Down
- 2. warfare, combat in and on the sea, the ocean etc.
- 3. name of military and cavalry class in Mycenae
- 4. alps, mountain range crossed by Hannibal
- 6. wars, a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC
- 7. took control of the Carthaginian army in Spain ages 26
- 8. main Carthaginian army made up of these
- 10. who defeated Carthage after the third punic war
- 12. elephant, one of the most distinctive Carthaginian weapons
- 13. one of the corps of the Carthaginian army