Notes on Lo2 - Roman Exspansion

• The romans were military people
• Their first wars were against Etruscans, Italian tribes and barbarian invaders
• Carthage was founded about 700 B.C
• It spread its influences across North America, southern Spain, Sardina, Corsica, and Sicily
• By 250 B.C all of Italy south of the River Po was in Roman hands
• In 146 B.C Carthage was captured after bitter fighting
• Carthaginian general was name "Hannibal" and he invaded Italy and defeated several Roman armies
• The Second Punic War ended in 202 B.C and Carthage was disarmed and helpless
• In 202 B.C Rome won control over the western Mediterranean
• Romans unified most of Italy about 250 years before 500 B.C and in the next 250 years they would spread their rule from the eastern Mediterranean to the British Isles