Mastering the West: Rome and Carthage at War

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Mastering the West: Rome and Carthage at WarTo say the Punic Wars (264 146 BC) were a turning point in world history is a vast understatement. These vicious battles pitted two flourishing Mediterranean powers against one another, leaving one an unrivaled giant and the other a literal pile of ash. To later observers, a collision between these civilizations seemed inevitable and yet, to the Romans and Carthaginians at the time, war erupted seemingly out of nowhere and was expected to be a short

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