Punic wars

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

"Battle of Beneventum, 275 BCE", Pawel Glodek

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…

L'assedio di Mozia da parte di Dioniso I di Siracusa nel 397 a.C. Non ostante nel 405 avesse firmato la pace con Cartagine attaccò la loro fortezza per consolidare la potenza di Siracusa sulla Sicilia e una posizione di spicco nei commerci mediterranei. Durante quest'assedio si videro per la prima volta delle catapulte in azione

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The army of Hannibal. Second Punic War. This illustration shows some of the warriors from the nations that Hannibal used in his campaign.

The ancient Roman soldier evolved over a period of almost a millennium, from circa the 8th century BC to the 3rd century AD.

The incredible history of ancient Carthage and its ‘multifarious’ Carthaginian army, comprising professionals and mercenaries.