Second Punic War
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| The '''Second Punic War''', also referred to as '''The Hannibalic War''' and (by the Romans) the '''War Against Hannibal''', lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western and eastern [[Mediterranean]]. This was the second major war between [[Ancient Carthage|Carthage]] and the [[Roman Republic]] and its allied Italic [[socii]], with the crucial participation of [[Numidians|Numidian]]-[[Berber people|Berber]] armies and tribes on both sides. The two states fought three major wars with each other over the course of their existence. They are called the "[[Punic Wars]]" because Rome's name for Carthaginians was ''Poeni'', derived from ''Poenici'' (earlier form of ''Punici''), a reference to the founding of Carthage by [[Phoenicia]]n settlers. | The '''Second Punic War''', also referred to as '''The Hannibalic War''' and (by the Romans) the '''War Against Hannibal''', lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western and eastern [[Mediterranean]]. This was the second major war between [[Ancient Carthage|Carthage]] and the [[Roman Republic]] and its allied Italic [[socii]], with the crucial participation of [[Numidians|Numidian]]-[[Berber people|Berber]] armies and tribes on both sides. The two states fought three major wars with each other over the course of their existence. They are called the "[[Punic Wars]]" because Rome's name for Carthaginians was ''Poeni'', derived from ''Poenici'' (earlier form of ''Punici''), a reference to the founding of Carthage by [[Phoenicia]]n settlers. | ||
| + | ==In film== | ||
| + | *''[[Hannibal (1959 film)|Hannibal]]'' (1959) – a great Italian post-war production about [[Hannibal]]'s (starring [[Victor Mature]]) campaign in Italy including the [[Battle of Cannae]] | ||
| + | *''[[Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare]]'' (2006) – TV docudrama directed by [[Edward Bazalgette]], with [[Alexander Siddig]] as [[Hannibal]] | ||
| + | *''[[L' Assedio di Siracusa (film)|Siege of Syracuse]]'' (1960) – about the [[Siege of Syracuse (214–212 BC)|siege of Syracuse]], with [[Rossano Brazzi]] as [[Archimides]] | ||
| + | *''[[Cartagine in fiamme]]'' (1960) – after the novel by [[Emilio Salgari]], dir. by Carmine Gallone | ||
| + | *''[[Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal]]'' (1937) – about the career of [[Scipio Africanus]] up to his defeat of [[Hannibal]] at the [[Battle of Zama]] | ||
| + | *''[[Cabiria]]'' (1914) – a monumental Italian production (dir. by [[Giovanni Pastrone]], after the screenplay by [[Gabriele d'Annunzio]]), touching on [[Hannibal]]'s campaign in Italy, the [[Siege of Syracuse (214–212 BC)|siege of Syracuse]] and [[Battle of Zama]], featuring such characters as [[Masinissa]] | ||
| + | *''[[Jupiter's Darling (film)|Jupiter's Darling]]'' (1955) – with [[Howard Keel]] as [[Hannibal]] and [[George Sanders]] as [[Fabius Maximus]] | ||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| * [[Socii]] | * [[Socii]] | ||
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The Second Punic War, also referred to as The Hannibalic War and (by the Romans) the War Against Hannibal, lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western and eastern Mediterranean. This was the second major war between Carthage and the Roman Republic and its allied Italic socii, with the crucial participation of Numidian-Berber armies and tribes on both sides. The two states fought three major wars with each other over the course of their existence. They are called the "Punic Wars" because Rome's name for Carthaginians was Poeni, derived from Poenici (earlier form of Punici), a reference to the founding of Carthage by Phoenician settlers.
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In film
- Hannibal (1959) – a great Italian post-war production about Hannibal's (starring Victor Mature) campaign in Italy including the Battle of Cannae
- Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006) – TV docudrama directed by Edward Bazalgette, with Alexander Siddig as Hannibal
- Siege of Syracuse (1960) – about the siege of Syracuse, with Rossano Brazzi as Archimides
- Cartagine in fiamme (1960) – after the novel by Emilio Salgari, dir. by Carmine Gallone
- Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937) – about the career of Scipio Africanus up to his defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama
- Cabiria (1914) – a monumental Italian production (dir. by Giovanni Pastrone, after the screenplay by Gabriele d'Annunzio), touching on Hannibal's campaign in Italy, the siege of Syracuse and Battle of Zama, featuring such characters as Masinissa
- Jupiter's Darling (1955) – with Howard Keel as Hannibal and George Sanders as Fabius Maximus
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See also
- Socii
- Equestrian order
- Carthaginian peace
- Hannibal
- Scipio Africanus Major
- War elephant
- Barcid
- List of battles of the Second Punic War
- Polybius wrote a detailed history, showing contemporary insight into the political process of this time.
- Silius Italicus, who dramatised the war in his poem Punica
- Petrarch, who wrote an epic on the war entitled Africa
- Plutarch's Lives for lives of two of the Roman generals, Fabius Maximus and Gaius Flaminius. Plutarch's life of Scipio Africanus is lost.
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