First Period of Roman Expansion
What did the Romans call their armies?
Legions
What city did Rome fight against in the First Punic War?
Carthage
At which battle did Hannibal’s army kill 70,000 Roman soldiers?
Cannae
In which war did Rome destroy Carthage once and for all?
Third Punic War
What did Rome conquer during its First Period of Expansion?
The Italian Peninsula
What island did Rome conquer in the First Punic War?
Sicily
What was the name of the tactics the Romans used to contain Hannibal in southern Italy?
Fabian Tactics
What four wars determined who would control Greece?
The Macedonian Wars
An army from what region almost destroyed Rome in 390 B.C.?
Gaul
Who commanded Carthage’s army in the Second Punic War?
Hannibal
What did Scipio Africanus decide to do to get Hannibal out of Italy?
Attack Carthage
What kingdom did Rome fight against in its conquest of Greece?
Macedon
By what year was Rome in complete control of the Italian peninsula?
264 B.C.
What mountain chain did Hannibal have to march his army across in order to invade Italy?
The Alps
At what battle did Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal?
Zama
What major battle did the Romans fight against the Greeks in the Second Macedonian War?
Cynoscephalae
What did the Romans give many conquered people?
Roman citizenship
At the battle of which lake did Hannibal ambush and destroy a Roman army?
Lake Trasimene
What was the result of the Second Punic War?
Rome ruled the Mediterranean
What did Rome turn Macedonia into after the Fourth Macedonian War?
A Roman province