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What motivated Hannibal to participate in the Punic wars?

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Hannibal's father, Hamilcar Barca(s), was a Carthiginian general during the first Punic War. After the first Punic War, Hamilcar still held a seething resentment towards the Romans over the war. read more

The three long wars waged between Carthage and Rome from 264 to 146 BCE, called by the latter “Punic Wars,” pitted the North African maritime trading city-state of Carthage against the power of the militaristic Roman Republic. read more

After the disaster at Cannae, the Romans avoided battle in Italy and frustrated Hannibal. At the same time, the Romans raised an army and attacked the Carthaginians closer to home and their main spheres of influence, thus drawing off Hannibal and his forces. read more

The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. At the time, they were some of the largest wars that had ever taken place. The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus), meaning "Carthaginian", with reference to the Carthaginians' Phoenician ancestry. read more

The Greek historian Polybius, one of the main sources of information about the Punic Wars, was born around 200 B.C. A friend of and mentor to Scipio Aemilianus, he was an eyewitness to the siege and destruction of Carthage in 146 B.C. read more

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