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The war was fought entirely within Carthaginian territory, in modern northern Tunisia
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Many of the plebeians who were farmers before the war came back and found themselves in debt and living in poverty. The farmers had been unable to maintain their farms because they were off fighting in the war and other farmers' land was damaged when Hannibal invaded Italy in the second Punic War. Small farmers could not compete with wealthy Romans who were buying up land to create latifundia, or large farming estates.
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was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between Carthage and Rome. The war was fought entirely within Carthaginian
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Politicians organizing entertainment and cheap food helped dishonest rulers come to power. One of the rulers who comes to power is named Marius. Marius begins to include the Roman army in the government. Before Marius, the Roman army stayed out of government affairs. Marius recruited soldiers from the poor (since they had all quit farming), and he paid them wages and promised them land
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These soldiers were motivated by money and land instead of a sense of duty. They felt loyal to their general and not to the Roman Republic. This let army generals gain more influence and become involved in politics. This new system causes power struggles.
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he senators claimed to be acting over fears that Caesar's unprecedented concentration of power during his dictatorship was undermining the Roman Republic
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Invasions by Barbarian tribes
The most straightforward theory for Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries,