Fall of the Roman Republic

By Dixie Brogan
  • 241 BCE

    Roman seized two islands from Carthage.

  • 241 BCE

    The 2nd Punic War Begins.

    Rome declared war because they took Carthages campaign to take the islands back as an act of war.
  • 235 BCE

    Hamilcar Barca

    Hamilcar Barca claimed new territory in hopes to destroy Rome and grow the army, but drowned before succeeding.
  • 230 BCE

    Hannibal and Hasdrubal

    when the peace treaty was signed between Hasdrubal and Rome, Hannibal, after Hasbrubals sudden death, immediately pushed beyond the boundaries of the treaty.
  • 217 BCE

    Hannibal travels the Alps

    In a hope to defeat Rome in there own territory, Hannibal crosses the Alps into Italy, crushing most armies they faced on the way, amd some cities inside Rome pledging to the Carthaginians.
  • 215 BCE

    Rome deploys a new strategy

    Rome began to cripple Hannibal's resources and take back his captured territory, while his Empire failed to take back there islands.
  • 206 BCE

    Romans invaded

    The Romans invaded Carthage, and wreaked havoc around the Empire.
  • 202 BCE

    The end of the 2nd Punic War

    Rome had taken over some Carthage territory, and beaten down every army that came their way. In the final battle, Carthage lost, declaring Rome the winner of the 2nd Punic War.
  • 150 BCE

    The Start of the 3rd Punic War

    A neighboring Empire began to attack Carthage, and the Romans had placed restriction by not letting Carthage declare war.
  • 149 BCE

    The breaking of order

    Hasdrubal ordered up an army and charged against the invading Empire, breaking the Roman peace treaty and law. This caused them to officially go to war.
  • 149 BCE

    The Charge

    Soon after Rome decided to declare war, they sent an army down to attack the Carthaginians. Carthage did try a peace treaty, but to no avail.
  • 147 BCE

    Scipio

    Rome decided to defeat Carthage, they had to take out its few allies to break through the defenses and win. This is also when Scipio was elected as Consul, and given full power of the campaign
  • 147 BCE

    Hasdrubal is Free

    Hasdrubal was taken off death row to defend against the Romans attacking their main city.
  • 147 BCE

    New Ruler

    Hasdrubal took over Carthage in hopes to have a better chance at succeeding against Rome, since now he had power over the entire city.
  • 146 BCE

    The Siege

    Scipio disposed of all men that were wavering in there cause and started a full scale invasion in the middle of the night. Scipio had to retreat out of the city for such small forces, and Hasdrubal was furious at his men for fleeing the scene.
  • 146 BCE

    The End of the 3rd and Final Punic War

    Scipio lead a siege, and burned down Carthage from the inside out, and along with that, only 50,000 Charthagiains were spared and sold as slaves, except Hasdrubal, who was getting a slightly higher treatment by not being made a slave.