00:00The Second Punic War is the second of three conflicts known as the Punic War, which pitted Rome against each other.
00:04in Carthage.
00:05More specifically, this conflict took place in the 3rd century BC, from 218 to 203 in Europe, then in
00:12203 to 201 in Africa.
00:14This war began at the initiative of the Carthaginians, who wanted to take revenge following their defeat at
00:19of the First Punic War.
00:20This war is quite well known for the means employed at the time and for its consequences.
00:24Its human cost, the size of the populations affected, and its economic impact, the decisive impact on the historical, political and social context, in
00:32the entire Mediterranean world and for many centuries, are considerable.
00:36Unlike the First Punic War, which was fought and won primarily at sea, the Second Punic War was an uninterrupted succession
00:42of land battles with huge mass movements of infantry, cavalry and elephants.
00:46Maritime resources are used almost exclusively to assist armies in their movements, or for the travel of
00:52diplomats from one Mediterranean kingdom to another.
00:55Although the conduct of the war was generally perceived as following Hannibal's path from Iberia
00:59In southern Italy, the Mediterranean is, in fact, directly and indirectly involved in the conflict between Rome and
01:05Carthage.
01:06The area surrounding the western Mediterranean basin is a huge battlefield.
01:10Iberia, Gaul, Cisalpine Gaul, Italy, and Africa are affected.
01:14The diplomatic stakes involved the ambassadors of the two rivals in Humidi, Greece, Macedonia, Syria, and the kingdoms
01:21from Anatolia, and in Egypt.
01:23The major figures in this confrontation are famous.
01:25On the Carthaginian side, General Hannibal Barça crossed the Pyrenees, the Rhône, and the Alps with his elephants, and won
01:31a series of victories over the Roman legions.
01:34On the Roman side, the Sipiones led decisive counter-attacks in Iberia, then in Africa.
01:39Hannibal was finally defeated by Sipion Africanus at the Battle of Zama.
01:42Egypt
