{"id":28374,"date":"2023-09-03T08:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T06:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=240711"},"modified":"2023-09-03T09:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T07:11:34","slug":"rome-v-carthage-everything-you-wanted-to-know","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/rome-v-carthage-everything-you-wanted-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Rome v Carthage: everything you wanted to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philip Freeman answers listener questions on the dramatic battles between Rome and Carthage \u2013 two of the ancient world\u2019s great powers <\/p>

By Rob Attar\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 03 September 2023 at 06:09 AM<\/p>

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Of all the enemies the Roman empire faced in its centuries-long history, one name stood out: Hannibal. In the late third century BC, the Carthaginian general came dangerously close to destroying Rome and utterly reshaping the history of the world. Hannibal\u2019s campaigns were a pivotal episode in the Punic Wars (264-146 BC), and these three conflicts between Rome and Carthage are the subject of this Everything You Wanted to Know episode. Rob Attar puts your questions to Professor Philip Freeman on the causes, key events and legacy of the wars, and asks whether elephants were really of any use on the ancient battlefield.<\/p>\n\n

Philip Freeman is the author of Hannibal: Rome\u2019s Greatest Enemy<\/em> (Pegasus, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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