Question

lesson 2: greek and roman civilizations (2000 bce-476 ce)
the roman republic (753 bce-27 bce)
which of the following are true about the punic wars?
a. the phoenicians had a strong army and the romans a strong navy
b. rome took over spain and forced carthage to give up all its territories including africa.
c. hannibal defeated several of the roman armies and captured rome.
d. rome defeated carthage by using wooden planks to hook and link their ships onto phoenician ships.
e. hannibal was defeated by general scipio.
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Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option about the Punic Wars:

• Option a: The Punic Wars were between Rome and Carthage (not Phoenicians). Carthage had a strong navy, Rome a strong army initially. So a is false.
• Option b: After the Punic Wars, Rome took over Spain and forced Carthage to give up territories (but Carthage retained parts of Africa initially, though later Rome conquered more). However, this is not the core “true” fact compared to others.
• Option c: Hannibal defeated Roman armies but never captured Rome. So c is false.
• Option d: Rome defeated Carthage by adapting naval tactics (using boarding bridges, not “hooking onto Phoenician ships” – Carthage was the opponent, not Phoenicia). So d is false.
• Option e: Hannibal was defeated by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama. This is historically accurate.

Answer:

e. Hannibal was defeated by General Scipio