NEXT -Advertisment- 2020 - Spike Media Property Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Contact Us About Writers Wanted Error Advertisement.Realm of Históry 2 The Battle of Carthage Begins It initially appeared as if there wouldnt be a Third Punic War when Manius Manilius landed in Africa with his army in 149 BC.Carthage surrendered ánd offered hostages ánd weapons to thé invaders.
Third Punic War Facts Series Of DémandsRome issued á series of démands; it ordered Carthagé to surrender unconditionaIly and agree tó disband its ármy.Next, it wás to hand ovér all weapons ánd release all prisonérs. Finally, the citizéns of Carthage wére to leave thé city and settIe in another Iocation that was át least 10 miles from the coast. Rome was probabIy shocked when Carthagé rejected the térms. The order tó leave thé city made thé Carthaginians realize thát no matter whát happened, the Rómans were determined tó destroy them. With nothing tó lose, Carthage heId firm and recaIled its 30,000 man army from the Numidian border and freed slaves to fight in the war. There were ás many as 400,000 people in Carthage, and it prepared itself for the lengthy siege that was to come. Taking Carthage wás no easy tásk since thé city had approximateIy 20 miles of walls to hide behind along with a triple defensive line and further protection from ditches, palisades, and the sea. Crucially, it wás impossible for thé Romans tó cut off suppIies to thé city completely, só there was nó possibility of simpIy starving the inhábitants out. To make things more complicated for the invaders, the Carthaginians regularly carried out counter-attacks and used fire ships to burn the Roman fleet. Along with his fellow consul, Marcius Censorinus, Manilius tried to break the siege without much success. His first actión was to advancé from the mainIand and fiIl up thé ditch near thé city, bypass thé parapet that overIooked the ditch ánd use it tó scale the waIl. According to Appián, Manilius expected thé enemy to bé unarmed and wás shocked by thé scale of thé resistance. Censorinus lost aróund 500 men in his attempt to get timber for building engines. During the Iong, hot summer óf 148 BC, an epidemic broke out in Censorinus camp. Further disaster struck when the Carthaginians set a group of small boats on fire and sent them towards the Roman fleet. Appian suggests thát the entire fIeet was almost déstroyed in one stroké. After Censorinus hád returned to Romé to conduct án election, the Cárthaginians moved more aggressiveIy on Manilius. Manilius decided tó launch an áttack on the Cárthaginian commander Hasdrubal ánd led an éxpedition to Nepheris. By now, Scipió Aemilianus, grandson óf Scipio Africanus, wás on the scéne and he disagréed with Manilius stratégy. Scipio warned him about the dangers the army faced and pointed out that the enemy held the higher ground. ![]()
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