Punic wars

Victory over Carthage in these wars gave Rome a preeminent status it would retain until the division of

Romans fighting the army of Carthage at the battle of Cannae. In 216 BC during the Second Punic War, Roman forces led by Gaius Varro faced off against...

The Carthaginian military, renowned for its strategic ingenuity and formidable prowess, played a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of ancient Mediterranean history. Central to this historical narrative are the Punic Wars, a series of three protracted and destructive conflicts between Carthage and Rome that ultimately determined the fate of both empires.

The ancient Iberians were a Pre-Roman Iron Age culture in the eastern side of the Iberian Peninsula. Even though the entire peninsula has been named after them, Iberian culture only occupied the Mediterranean side of the peninsula, what is now southeast France, Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia and eastern Andalusia. The rest of the peninsula was occupied by other peoples such as Celts, Celtiberians, Vascones, etc. The Mediterranean coast of Iberia also had some Phoenician and Greek…

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Germanic tribes.

After Giulio Romano Detail; Zama's Battle, c. last third of XVI century Oil on canvas 144×209 cm Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, Moscow. The Battle of Zama in the summer of 202 BC marked the end of the power of the great Hannibal Barca. With its greatest son, also Carthage should be at a virtual end. True, it should limp on for some time, but with its defeat at the end of the Second Punic War it no longer was a significant power. Zama also marks the pinnacle in the career of the outstanding Roman…

Samnite, Campanian and Lucanian warriors. In a number of legendary battles, the Romans defeated the Latin League, taking away the sovereignty of its tribal states, who subsequently assimilated to Rome.

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Portrait of Hannibal Barca based on a bust found in Capua (Campania, Southern Italy), which is believed to have been made during his lifetime.