Many accounts of the Second Punic War come from Polybius and Livy, neither of whom were alive when the events they describe took place and wrote only from Rome’s perspective. After weathering the worst of Hannibal’s assault, Rome struck back under the brilliance of Scipio and finally, on the field at Zama, Carthage’s dream came crashing to an end.
The brilliance of Hannibal as a strategist and tactician cannot be denied he came closer than anyone else ever had or would to toppling Roman power, but his failure was underestimating Rome’s ability to endure. Catastrophic defeats at Trebia, Lake Trasimene and Cannae shattered any faith Rome’s allies had in them, and almost imploded the Republic. It was a hard fought victory for Rome, however Hannibal Barca’s campaign in Italy, following his daring crossing of the Alps, nearly brought Rome to ruin. Iron Fist: -20 resistance to foreign expansion. Players can now plunder the campaign map as the Ardiaei of Illyria, and the Thracian tribes of Tylis and the Odrysian Kingdom.
Members of the Magonid family were responsible for Carthage’s expansion into Lybia, Sardinia, and Sicily. Introducing a new playable culture consisting of three new raiding-focused factions, Pirates & Raiders brings new buildings, technologies, religion, faction traits, battlefield and naval units to Total War: ROME II. The Magonid are an old and prominent Carthaginian family. It marked the end of a contest for power in the Mediterranean - the establishment of Roman hegemony over the entire Italian peninsula and deep into Iberia. Total War Rome 2 Carthage Faction Traits Magonid Dynasty. In battle, her warriors demonstrate a blend of Gallic and Greek martial techniques and armaments.The Second Punic War is, arguably, the most sweeping, destructive war of ancient times. Massilia is a state of skilled traders and eloquent diplomats, but being somewhat conservative, the populace is less tolerant of foreign cultures within its boundaries. Both want Massilia’s great wealth for themselves, and will stop at nothing to take it. Carthage, too, wants to control or destroy their trading rival. The population are a hybrid of Greek settlers, Gallic locals and others pulled to the city by trade.ĭespite a level of cultural integration, some Gallic tribes still see the city as a prize. Massilia is run as an oligarchy, an assembly headed by noble families. Coming from Phocaea, they intended to harvest the region’s resources, and conduct trade from Massilia’s natural harbour.īy the beginning of the 4th century BCE, the former trading post had blossomed into one of the busiest ports in the Mediterranean, its tendrils even reaching up into Gaul along the Rhone and Durance rivers. The Greeks formed their colony at Massilia around 600 BCE.
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