Second Punic War facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Second Punic War
Part of the Punic Wars
The Mediterranean in 218 BC
Date Spring 218 – 201 BC (17 years) Location Italia, Hispania, North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, Antic Liguria, Greece Result Roman victory over Carthage Territorial changes Roman conquest of Carthaginian Iberia Unification of Numidia
Belligerents
Roman Republic Aetolian League Pergamon Numidia Iberian tribes Celtiberian tribes	Carthage Ancient kingdoms of Liguria Syracuse Masaesyli Massylii Macedon Other Greek states Iberian tribes Celtiberian tribes
Commanders and leaders
Scipio Africanus Fabius Cunctator Publius Cornelius Scipio  † Tiberius Sempronius Gaius Flaminius  † Claudius Marcellus  † Terentius Varro Claudius Nero	Hannibal Hasdrubal Barca  † Mago  † Hasdrubal Gisco Syphax (POW) Hanno the Elder Philip V
Strength
768,500 54,000 Active Roman soldiers 53,500 Roman capital detail 388,000 Socii 273,300 Reserves	Unknown
Casualties and losses
500,000 dead (300,000 killed in action) 400 towns destroyed	270,000 dead
770,000 dead
The Romans enslaved 14 Italian and Sicilian towns and massacred the entire population of two other towns.

The Second Punic War was a war Hannibal and Scipio Africanus fought in 218 BC-202 BC. Hannibal was from Carthage. Scipio was from Rome. Hannibal had war elephants. Hannibal scared the Romans by invading them over the mountains, and kept winning battles by being a good general. No one else came to help Hannibal, even though he was doing well, so eventually Hannibal had to leave and go back to Carthage. Hannibal lost in the Battle of Zama, which was fought near the city of Carthage.

Images for kids

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  Polybius
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  The approximate extent of territory controlled by Rome and Carthage immediately before the start of the First Punic War.
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  A Carthaginian quarter-shekel, dated 237–209 BC, depicting the Punic god Melqart (who was associated with Hercules/Heracles). On the reverse is an elephant; possibly a war elephant, which were linked with the Barcids.
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  1704 French bust of Hannibal
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  1777 statue of Fabius
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  Hannibal's allies in southern Italy c. 213 BC, shown in light blue
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  An Iberian warrior from bas-relief c. 200 BC. He is armed with a falcata and an oval shield.
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  2nd century BC marble bust of the younger Scipio
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  Scipio's military campaign in Africa (204–203 B.C.)

See also

In Spanish: Segunda guerra púnica para niños