Before the Seventh Punic War By SeaCambrian Watch

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The illustrious general Hannibal Barca was victorious in the Second Punic War, humiliating the Romans, breaking off Southern Italy and securing Carthage's hold on Iberia, but nonetheless failing to destroy Rome as a state.



The furious Romans would rise in later decades declaring the Third Punic War against Carthage. Rome's own "Hannibal", general Fabius Claudius Brutus, would get revenge against Carthage, but familiarly, fail to bring the enterprising Punic empire to its knees just as Hannibal had stopped short of the annihilation of Rome.



Rather, the great powers of the western Mediterranean would remain locked in escalating wars of increasing scale and ferocity, with only their sheer hatred for each other propelling them forth, batting off barbarian foes so that they could face their true nemeses -- each other.



Just before the outbreak of the Seventh Punic War, Rome and Carthage had reached their peaks. For unbeknownst to them, this would be the final war. There would be no victory in the unwinnable battle between giants.

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Published : Jul 7, 2018