Y N0t 2 #42-Punic Wars

I thought I'd take a moment to point out the fact that summer vacation is, I'm pretty sure, less than a month away.  Like, what.  What happened?  It might be because I haven't had to worry about exams, but that's pretty cool.  Wack stuff, man.

So, Punic Wars.  They were pretty crazy.  They started in 264B.C. and ended in 146B.C. and were between Rome and Carthage. There happened to be three Punic Wars. These wars were a struggle between these two, at the time, world powers for control and power. The first Punic War consisted of naval battles that were fought over control of Sicily. Spoiler alert, Rome won. Then, in the second Punic War, Carthage has an Empire Strikes Back moment and Hannibal takes over some of Rome’s coastal allies. He comes in from the North and just ransacks the place for 15 years, but he never reaches the capital. In the last Punic War, Rome was basically just done with Carthage and their tomfoolery. So, to ensure that Carthage would stay down, Rome used all its power to destroy Carthage. It was burned for 17 days and everything was destroyed; all their farms were set aflame and, when the fires died down, covered in salt.  This was to ensure that nothing else would ever grow on this now barren land.  When everything was all wrapped up, anyone survived the Carthaginian purge was sold into slavery.  Good times.  Good times, indeed.