Hannibal always thought that he was very powerful and could kill everyone! But now Hannibal understood what absolute terror meant! Even when Hannibal looked at the corpses of his own soldiers everywhere,

It was only when these corpses flowed into a river of blood that Hannibal finally understood the huge gap between the Carthaginians and the Romans.

Hannibal was scared. He really felt very frightened and uneasy, and then Hannibal ran away! But could the Romans let Hannibal go? Although Hannibal won last time with the help of gods, but

The Romans didn't think so. They unanimously believed that Hannibal had calculated the time of the sea breeze and then attacked their Roman army. Therefore, the Romans hated Hannibal so much that they launched a very crazy pursuit!

Hannibal, on the other hand, could only passively flee around! However, Hannibal still underestimated the extent of the Romans' hatred for him, so in the end, Hannibal was chased by the Romans and fled to heaven. In a pure sense, there was no way to enter heaven.

There is no way! In the end, Hannibal can only end his life by committing suicide, because there is no other way except suicide. Hannibal understands that if he is caught by the Romans, only God knows how the Romans will torture him

He did.

Since Hannibal committed suicide, the Carthaginians have completely realized that not only are they an opponent of the Romans in the army, but they are also no match for the navy. Therefore, the cause of this incident is entirely because Hannibal broke the rules and attacked Rome.

Although the Carthaginians regretted it very much at this time, it was a pity that regret was of no use.

Then the Carthaginians were forced to surrender, and the Romans carried out massive plunder in the city of Carthage, but they did not regard Carthage as part of their Rome. How can I say this? In fact, for now, the Roman Empire is also

Heavy losses, serious shortage of troops, and more places to manage. Whether it is the slave resource trade at sea or the garrison of many places on land, this requires a large number of soldiers. At this point, we can also think that

, originally the high-level officials of the Roman Empire wanted to include Carthage as part of their Roman Empire territory, but unfortunately their current strength did not allow it. So far, the Carthaginians seemed to have escaped.

But although the Romans were violent and vindictive, now Hannibal had committed suicide. The so-called mastermind was dead. This was because they wanted to blame someone. There was no mastermind left, so the Romans finally made a truce with the Carthaginians. This is the main reason

It was still the factors we talked about before, which were caused by Rome's serious lack of military strength.

However, many Romans also died. It is impossible that not one person died. At least Hannibal had killed many of their Roman soldiers at the seaside before, so this hatred has not been completely resolved because of the suicide of Hannibal, the mastermind.

, and the other one is that the Romans have always been at odds with the Carthaginians, and we all know about it since the incident in Sicily a long time ago.

So far, these various factors have finally led to the fact that after more than fifty years of development, the Romans' hatred of the Carthaginians has not diminished. Moreover, Rome is now developing relatively smoothly, and its army has also improved to a great extent.

Supplement to above, so the Roman high-level people finally decided that it would be better to destroy Carthage, because seeing that their Carthage people were still alive, the Romans felt very uncomfortable, and then even the Romans also understood that the Carthage people

Once they are destroyed, there will be a new Roman territory.

So in 149 BC, Rome saw that the Carthaginians were gradually recovering their strength through maritime trade, coupled with other factors we have talked about before, and then added to the fear that the Romans were also afraid of

Carthage suddenly revived. So the Romans first asked the Carthaginians to abandon the port city and move them to the interior of Africa.

But why did the Romans do this? In fact, this is not difficult to understand, because although the Romans wanted to destroy the Carthaginians, this would inevitably lead to a war, and the Roman legions would definitely suffer losses, and then there was

The Romans were doing a lot of business now, and it was a time when they needed warriors. It would be a wonderful thing if the problem could be solved without the loss caused by force.

However, the Carthaginians seemed to have forgotten the madness of the Romans more than fifty years ago at this time, so they categorically rejected the Roman proposal. This caused the Roman high-level officials to be very angry. In fact, the Roman high-level officials clearly meant that they did not want to deal with them now.

When the Carthaginians went to war, taking care of business was the first criterion. However, the Carthaginians were obviously ignorant. Therefore, the Roman high-level officials were ruthless. Even if they lost some business places, anyway, they would completely destroy Carthage.

Kill them all!

Therefore, the Roman high-level officials immediately declared war on the Carthaginians! Rome dispatched more than 84,000 soldiers this time and besieged the city of Carthage. Then the Carthaginians began a very crazy resistance. The Roman troops dispatched this time

There were not many, although there were more than 80,000, but these 80,000 troops were the entire Carthaginians besieging them, so they were somewhat outnumbered.

But despite this, it was still difficult for the Carthaginians to get out of the city of Carthage. In the end, they broke through several Roman defense lines and then made some contact with the outside world. This situation lasted for about two years. Rome

The soldiers suffered heavy losses, but they could not win. It was not until 147 BC, two years after the siege, that the Roman consul Scipio the Younger became very angry and went to the front line to command the Roman legions in person.

The consul Scipio the Younger first ordered to completely cut off all contact between the Carthaginians and the outside world. The Carthaginians were caught off guard, but the Carthaginians showed their attitude of not surrendering to the death, so the Roman consul Scipio the Younger

Pia finally mobilized a large number of Roman troops in the spring of the second year, and then launched a large-scale general attack on the city of Carthage!

Because the Carthaginians have been besieged all year round and have lost contact with the outside world, their development is extremely slow. We can even say that they are currently resting on their laurels and have no food income at all. This has led to the Roman legion's

This attack directly captured the city of Carthage, and even the Roman consul Scipio the Younger was so angry that he ordered the complete destruction of all Carthage ports.

Then the city of Carthage was massacred and plundered by the Roman legions. In the end, only more than 50,000 residents were left, all of whom became slaves of the Romans! Then Rome completely annexed Carthage and included Carthage.

Within the territory of the Roman Empire.

After talking about this, we can all understand that the Roman Empire at this time was completely different from the past. It has demonstrated the power of the Romans and the greatness of the new faith. Why should we understand it this way?

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. The empire structure we have been talking about before is based on the concept of gods, that is, a group of believers of gods. The words of gods are absolute existence, and the laws are also made by the will of gods.

, although the gods themselves are lies, but we don’t care whether it is a lie or not. Anyway, the construction of a city-state or empire requires this, and it will not work without it.

But now the Romans' belief is not in gods. The Romans' belief is entirely in money, force, and women! There is also the "Twelve Tables of Bronze Tables" that we have always mentioned. This "Twelve Tables of Bronze Tables" is actually strictly speaking.

Speaking of which, this has nothing to do with gods at all. If we understand it from a more pedantic concept, it is a system of how to divide the spoils! But we cannot express it in language, so we can say that this is human rights and law.

, exactly the concepts of human rights and law that are used in many developed countries today.

Therefore, the Romans can also be said to be the first great empire in human history that broke the concept of gods and even had democratic ideas! This indirectly led to the strength and invincibility of the Roman Empire. So how powerful is the Roman Empire currently?

To what extent? Let’s take a look:

At present, Rome has actually been expanding externally, occupying large tracts of territory. In terms of sea, it has also become the overlord of the Mediterranean! Rome has successively established Sicily, Sardinia, Alpine Gaul, Far Spain, Near Spain, and Africa in the Mediterranean.

, Illyria, Macedonia, and nine provinces in Asia, southern Gaul, areas south of the Danube, northern Asia Minor and Syria. Although these areas were not completely annexed because Rome did not have enough troops, they still belonged to Rome.

sphere of influence.

We have always said that Rome did not have enough soldiers, but have we ever thought about how much the Roman Empire would need to eat if it was so huge, right? And it would continue to expand, which would require more resources and food, so

These brought a series of problems to the Roman Empire.

First of all, there is a shortage of soldiers. Roman soldiers are recruited from civilians with cultivated land. However, civilians have the right to vote. They usually cultivate wasteland and farmland, and these lands are all allocated from the Roman high-level people. If something happens

If there is a war, you have to buy your own equipment and weapons, and then enlist in the army. Why do you have to buy your own weapons and equipment? Because at this time, there is a law between civilians and nobles, which seems to mean that the spoils are evenly divided.

But we have to understand that even if this is the case, these civilians must have made great contributions in the process of Rome's blind expansion. However, as the Roman Empire conquered more and more land, the slave owners of Rome owned

Large manors use a lot of slave labor plundered from other places. And many civilians cannot compete with them at all. The land will be annexed by slave owners, and they will go bankrupt again, or even become destitute. However, according to the current Roman military service law,
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