The Punic Wars

3. Hannibal’s invasion of Italy in 218 BC started this Punic War.
5. The word Punic means this in Latin.
9. Rome built this to help them fight Carthage in the First Punic War.
11. Carthage was a city located along the coast of this area.
12. A Roman force led by this general invaded Carthage in 202 BC.
13. In 218 BC Hannibal led an army of some 40,000 men and 37 of these animals to invade Italy.
16. This son of Hamilcar Barca became Carthage’s greatest general.

1. Carthage attempted to expand its empire by invading this European territory in 237 BC.
2. After crossing the Alps, Hannibal and his army won this first major battle of the Second Punic War.
4. The Romans use of this heavy boarding bridge on their ships gave them a big advantage over Carthage’s ships.
5. Name for the series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 to 146 BC.
6. Hannibal led his army across these mountains to invade Italy.
7. Rome and Carthage went to war this many times between 264 and 146 BC.
8. This general of Carthage led the invasion of Spain
10. The First Punic War was fought over the control of this island in the Mediterranean.
14. In 149 BC, when Carthage refused the Roman demand that it hostage 100 of its children and move its city, this Punic War started.
15. Hannibal and his army returned to Carthage to defend the city and were defeated by the Romans in this battle.