Punic Wars

What is the name of the water between Rome and Carthage?

Correct Answer: Mediterranean Sea.

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• The Atlantic Ocean is west of Europe and Africa.

• ​The Black Sea is between the Byzantine Empire and Russia.

• The Nile River is in Egypt.​

Who fought in the Punic War?

Correct Answer: Carthage v. Roman Republic.

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• Athens and Sparta fought Persia in the Persian War.

• ​Athens fought Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

• Philip II of Macedonia defeated Greece after the Peloponnesian War. Philip's son Alexander the Great then defeated Persia and Egypt. He created the largest empire in the world.​

Who was Hannibal?

Correct Answer: A military leader from Carthage who took mountains over the Alps mountains to attack Rome.

• ​Philip II was king of Macedonia. He defeated Greece. Philip's son Alexander the Great then defeated Persia and Egypt. He created the largest empire in the world.​

• ​Hannibal fought against Rome. Rome was a Republic during the Punic War, so it did not have an emperor then.

• Julius Caesar was the member of the Triumvirate who survived.

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What were the effects of Rome defeating Carthage?

Correct Answers: Rome won territory in North Africa and Spain. Roman culture spread to North Africa and Spain.

• ​The Roman Empire was not divided until 500 years later. It was divided into West and East. Rome was the western capital. Constantinople (not Carthage) was the eastern capital.

• ​Rome did not win elephants from Carthage.

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