Rome falls because the republic By Gabe cupp 241 BCE End of first Punic war 237 BCE They launch a campaign 237 BCE Expansion of Carthaginian of Iberia 229 BCE The great general drowned 226 BCE Rome started to become anxious 219 BCE Hannibal captured Saguntum 218 BCE Rome declared war 218 BCE Hannibal's crossing of the alps 216 BCE Both sides met at cannae 216 BCE Rome cities defect to Hannibal 207 BCE Hannibal left Bruttium 204 BCE Roman invasion of Africa 202 BCE Bring a dramatic ending to the second Punic war
