The rise of Carthage

Chapter one: Fall of Rome

Hastrubal Barca connected with Hannibal Barca and successfully seiged Rome due to Scipio's failure to attack Hasdrubal and the Romans accept peace on Hannibal and Hasdrubal's terms

Treaty of Zama

Carthage gains the islands of Corsica Sardinia and most of Sicily and Syracuse becomes independent

Rome has to pay a war reparations of 160 billion and is heavily in debt

Numidia is fully annexed by Carthage

Rome will put its army to 20000 soldiers 5000 cavalry and no siege weapons

Rome and is Heavily weakened and on the brink of civil war after 3 years a former people's in Italy breaks away Samnium gains independence

The romans mobolize with all of their forces going to Neaoplis but fail to take the capital Capua the Romans out number the samniites 4 to one however the Carthaginians force Rome to make Samnium independent or else its war due to Hasdrubal threatens war with Rome due to a close friendship with the samnite leader Appius

The Romans refuse and blockade Capua and 58,000 Carthaginians supported by 6000 Syracusans due to Syracuse being a ally of carthage Hasdrubal goes to italy soon they take Regium very south of italy after a naval victory at Messana another city is taken by Samnium Heraclea soon more and more states secede the Boii tribe takes north italy it is to only Rome itself left and is easily taken and easily completely destroyed by Carthaginian-samnite forces

soon The Italian states become the kingdom of Italy except Carthage had southern Italy and occupied the ruins of Rome and becomes a major Carthaginian ally and the nations capital is Atrium