A study of Roman coins has shown how the defeat of Hannibal and the Carthaginian empire led to coinage spreading across the Roman Empire from silver mines in Spain. According to historical accounts ...

Carthage and Rome had amicable relations. But as their respective spheres of influence grew, Mediterranean geopolitics drew ...

Under the Romans, the world became connected like never before. Within a single empire, lands from Scotland to the Middle East fell under one roof. Founded somewhere around 625 BC, the Roman Empire ...

Four ancient bronze battering rams — each weighing a colossal 450lbs — have been recovered from Roman wrecks that sunk off the coast of Sicily in 241 BC. Originally attached to the bows of warships, ...

HANNIBAL Barca is widely seen as one of the greatest military commanders to have ever walked the Earth. The Carthagian general’s march across the Pyrenees and the Alps has echoed through the ages.

The Roman Empire was a vast and sprawling governance that spanned Scotland to the Middle East. Founded in around 625 BC, it went on to become the greatest power in the world, led by a variety of ...

CARTHAGE HAD EXISTED for over half a millennium when the Romans destroyed it in 146 BCE. Located in a natural harbor on the coast of modern day Tunisia, it was for centuries the great maritime power ...

He is seen as one of the greatest commanders in military history and famously marched across the Alps and into Italy HANNIBAL Barca is widely seen as one of the greatest military commanders to have ...