পিউনিক যুদ্ধসমূহ: সংশোধিত সংস্করণের মধ্যে পার্থক্য

The [[Second Punic War]] ([[218 BC]] – [[201 BC]]) is most remembered for the Carthaginian [[Hannibal Barca|Hannibal]]'s crossing of the [[Alps]]. He and his army invaded Italy from the north and defeated the Roman army in several battles, but never achieved the ultimate goal of causing a political break between Rome and its allies. Crossing The Alps cost Hannibal too many of his men and [[war elephants]]. (Only about two dozen elephants remained when Hannibal reached Italy<ref>A recounting of Hannibal's entry into Italy, including number of elephants remaining [http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/punicwar/07.shtml] {{ওয়েব আর্কাইভ|ইউআরএল=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707012951/http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/punicwar/07.shtml |তারিখ=৭ জুলাই ২০০৭ }}</ref>.) [[Hispania]], Sicily and [[First Macedonian War|Greece]] were also key theatres. Rome emerged victorious in all three. Eventually, the war was taken to Africa, and Carthage was defeated at the [[Battle of Zama]] by Scipio Africanus. The end of the war saw Carthage's control reduced to the city itself.