We continued to review notes and prepare for the test on Friday. I was able to add a couple more notes on Rome that I have to review
More Notes on Rome
- Roman Legion- was their army, police, firemen.........
- They were the men with the armed weapons
- During Battle the Legion was a group made up of 5000 men
- Century was a group of 80 men within the legion arm force
- Infantry was foot soldiers
- Calvary was soldiers on horseback
Punic Wars Continued
- Rome vs. Carthage
- 3 battles fought
- Rome won all three battles
- Carthage is located on the northern coast of Africa
- Carthage's army general was named Hannibal
- First war was fought over the Island of Sicily and Rome won
- Second war Hannibal pulled together a ton of soldiers and elephants and charged around Spain and past France and into Rome trying to obliterate Rome but even though Rome was caught off guard they were still able to fight off Carthage
- Third war, Rome got tired of waiting for Carthage to rebuild their army and trying to start another war so they just charged into Carthage and completely sacked the empire and destroyed everything in Carthage thus ending the Punic Wars
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