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If one player's total Regional Value of controlled Regions reaches the value required on the Victory Table, that player instantly wins. If the Carthaginian player is able to place a military unit inside the city of Rome, then Carthage wins. If the Roman player is able to place a military unit inside the city of Carthage, then Rome wins.
As a result, the Romans were initially at a disadvantage against the more experienced Carthaginians. To counter this, the Romans introduced the corvus, a bridge 1.2 metres (4 feet) wide and 11 metres (36 feet) long, with a heavy spike on the underside, which was designed to pierce and anchor into an enemy ship's deck. [62]
The Carthaginians were defeated [2] [3] and by the terms of the Treaty of Lutatius evacuated Sicily and paid Rome an indemnity of 3,200 silver talents [note 1] over ten years. [6] Four years later, Rome seized Sardinia and Corsica on a cynical pretence and imposed a further 1,200 talent indemnity, [ note 2 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] actions which fuelled ...
The Battle of the Upper Baetis was a double battle, comprising the battles of Castulo and Ilorca, fought in 211 BC during the Second Punic War between a Carthaginian force led by Hasdrubal Barca (Hannibal's brother) and a Roman force led by Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Gnaeus.
The Carthaginians were defeated [4] [5] and by the terms of the Treaty of Lutatius evacuated Sicily and paid Rome an indemnity of 3,200 silver talents [note 1] over ten years. [8] Four years later, Rome seized Sardinia and Corsica on a cynical pretence and imposed a further 1,200 talent indemnity, [note 2] [9] [10] actions which fuelled ...
[3] [4] His works include a now lost manual on military tactics, [5] but he is best known for his The Histories, written sometime after 167 BC, or about a century after the Battle of the Bagradas River. [4] [6] Polybius's work is considered broadly objective and largely neutral as between Carthaginian and Roman points of view. [7] [8]
The Carthaginians were the first to meet the Romans. Initially the battle was fought in the darkness of the narrow streets. Later the citizens of Arpi and the Romans began to talk to each other. The former were asked why they, who were Italians, had preferred to ally themselves with the Carthaginians, making Italy a tributary of Africa. [34]
After these preliminary deployments were done, the Roman light troops advanced against their Carthaginian counterparts on the first step. [2] Despite the steep slope, and under a shower of arrows, the Romans had little difficulty driving back the Carthaginian light troops once they got into hand-to-hand combat.