The Fall of the Roman Republic

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  • 241 BCE

    The End of the First Punic war

  • 237 BCE

    Expansion of Carthaginian Iberia

    Hamilcar Barca needed to refuel from the first Punic war, so he set to Spain to gather more resources for his empire.
  • 219 BCE

    Hannibal captures Saguntum

    Once Hasdrubal the Fair dies, Hannibal goes beyond the border that Rome did not want them to go pass and then they take over Saguntum.
  • 218 BCE

    The start to the Second Punic War.

    After Hannibal captures the city of Saguntum, one of Rome's allies, Rome decides to declare war with the Carthaginians
  • 218 BCE

    Hannibal crosses the Alps

    Hannibal, after leaving his brother, Hasdrubal Barca, to look after Carthage, set off to cross the Alps, looking to attack the Italian peninsula.
  • 216 BCE

    Roman cities defect to Carthage

    The Roman cities in the southern part of the peninsula were starting to support Hannibal and his army.
  • 204 BCE

    Romans invade Africa

    The Romans defeat the Carthaginians in the Iberian Peninsula and start to invade Africa.
  • 201 BCE

    Carthage lost the Punic War

    After Rome invaded Carthage, Hannibal rushed there to defend his city but failed at doing so.
  • 149 BCE

    The start to the Third Punic War

    Rome starts to invade Utica, the city that is not very far from the city of Carthage
  • 149 BCE

    Hasdrubal gets spared

    Hasdrubal is sentenced out of death row to help the Carthaginians try to defend their city.
  • 148 BCE

    The city wall gets breached

    Rome breaches through the wall protecting the city of Carthage.
  • 146 BCE

    Rome destroys Carthage

    The Romans enter the city and go on a rampage, committing arson everywhere they went, causing the city to be burnt to the ground.
  • 146 BCE

    The end of the Third Punic War

    After the Romans burn Carthage to the ground, they take all of the remaining territory and claim it as their own.