western civ
5,000 soldiers, not in for pay
The romans army was an elite heavy infantry
Recruited exclusively from the romans citizens
Group of eighty a century
On horseback is the cavalry
Shields,sword,dragged, and arnor and tunic
The Punic wars (264-145 BCE)
Rome vs. Carthage 3 wars
Naval battles for control of the start egically located island of Sicily.
Rome wins this one
29 year old Carthaginian general hamibal almost does the impossible taking Rome
Attacks from the north by crossing ideria
Lays siege to much of the peninsula for 15 years but never can get to rome
Rome finally wanted to remove threat do they destroy it y burning it for 17 days war ended 50,000 people in the city sold into slavery including Greeks and Pows.
The romans army was an elite heavy infantry
Recruited exclusively from the romans citizens
Group of eighty a century
On horseback is the cavalry
Shields,sword,dragged, and arnor and tunic
The Punic wars (264-145 BCE)
Rome vs. Carthage 3 wars
Naval battles for control of the start egically located island of Sicily.
Rome wins this one
29 year old Carthaginian general hamibal almost does the impossible taking Rome
Attacks from the north by crossing ideria
Lays siege to much of the peninsula for 15 years but never can get to rome
Rome finally wanted to remove threat do they destroy it y burning it for 17 days war ended 50,000 people in the city sold into slavery including Greeks and Pows.
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