SexViolHist Bib: Types: Wartime Sexual Violence: Punic Wars

»The Punic Wars were a series of wars fought between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire during the period 264 to 146 BC. Three such wars took place, involving a total of forty-three years of warfare on both land and sea across the western Mediterranean region, and a four-year-long revolt against Carthage.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for supremacy, primarily in Italy and Iberia, but also on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and, towards the end of the war, in North Africa. After immense materiel and human losses on both sides, the Carthaginians were once again defeated. Macedonia, Syracuse and several Numidian kingdoms were drawn into the fighting, and Iberian and Gallic forces fought on both sides. There were three main military theatres during the war: Italy, where Hannibal defeated the Roman legions repeatedly, with occasional subsidiary campaigns in Sicily, Sardinia and Greece; Iberia, where Hasdrubal, a younger brother of Hannibal, defended the Carthaginian colonial cities with mixed success before moving into Italy; and Africa, where Rome finally won the war.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

G e n e r a l K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Punic History, Roman History

II. Geographical Index: -

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

Representations: Historiography: Polybius