The Battle of Carthage or Dry Fork as it’s also known was a battle involving the United States of America federal soldiers and Missouri State Guard. This battle is known for being one of the first battles of the Civil War, taking place 5 July 1861 in Jasper County Missouri, a full 11 days prior to The Battle of Bull Run. The 1,100 federal Soldiers were under the command of Colonel Franz Sigel and the 6,000 Missouri state Guardsman under the command of Governor Claiborne F. Jackson. The Battle of Carthage did not matter at all for a strategic or tactical advantage that would play out as an advantage towards any other battle during the Civil War. What it did do was to decide Missouri’s side during the war and give pro south secessionists a moral
After Carthage Rome’s hunger for new lands was nearly insatiable, this perhaps was brought about by the very act of the long war with the Carthaginians. Changes were in store for Rome due to their now very war-like attitude. Changes in senate policy along with social order would reorganize Rome for the foreseeable future. Consuls and tribunes held positions in the senate, both of whom were strongly linked to the army therefore the senate would ultimately control the Roman army. “[…] the tribunes alone […] are subject to them, and bound to obey their commands.”
Hannibal Barca, who was born in 247 B.C, as known as one of the greatest strategistical general to ever live in military history. The battles won by Hannibal would have a turn of events in the history of the continent of Africa. Carthage was settled by Phoenicians as a city in northern part Africa by Tunis. Hannibal would be preserved as neither a Phoenician, nor a Carthaginian, Punic, but a North African.
For a contemporary military leader in today’s Army problems exist, also within the leadership across the all ranks. Some may ask what relevance would the Battle of Carthage from the Civil War era have today ? The battle of Carthage was fought long ago, it involved different policies, and less significant technologies. Today’s leaders must understand the lessons learned and apply them to current operations. During the Battle of Carthage it showed that inexperience and failing to understand what type of battle to fight caused failures.
The Gallic war from 58 B.C. to 51 B.C. was a major point in the rise of Julius Caesar as a dictator for life. Julius Caesar feared the migration of the Gallic tribe Helvetii through Gaul was an attempt to set up a new kingdom and gain control of Gaul. The victory of the Gallic war resulted in the expansion of the Roman Republic and extended Rome's geographic boundaries to the Atlantic Ocean. This war also made Julius Caesar a very respected leader in Rome. The Gallic is one of the main reasons Julius Caesar became the sole ruler of the Roman Republic.
Early Life Hannibal Barca (Hannibal) was born in Carthage(present-day Tunisia) 247 B.C.. Ever since he was a young boy, Hannibal hated Rome with a fiery passion. At a young age his father (Hamilcar Barca) took Hannibal to Spain and made him swear eternal hatred toward Rome and its empire. Hannibal even asked his father to let him go on campaign with him in Spain.
Introduction Rome and Carthage were almost equal in strength and resources. From the early days of the Republic, Rome and Carthage maintained a friendly relationship and even signed a treaty against Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, who was a threat to both states. Comparison Ancient Carthage was a wealthy state with a small population, it employed foreigners to do the unwanted jobs and relied on foreign mercenaries rather than citizens to do her fighting. The mercenaries did not have a sense of belonging to the Carthaginian nation.
The most prominent image that comes up when researching Hannibal Barca, the great Carthaginian general, is the War Elephant. Hannibal amazingly crossed the Alps with his army and 37 African elephants to carry out a surprise attack on his enemy, the Roman Empire. Daring moves like these were his calling card and his revolutionary strategy. Hannibal’s background, his strategy of surprise, and his strategy of leadership, consistently lead him to steal victory from his enemy, and that insured him a place in history as a military mastermind. Hannibal Barca was born in Carthage in approximately 247 B.C.
The Great Roman Civil War (49–45 BC), also known as Caesar's Civil War, was one of the last politico-military conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire. It began as a series of political and military confrontations, between Julius Caesar (100–44 BC), his political supporters (broadly known as Populares), and his legions, against the Optimates (or Boni), the politically conservative and socially traditionalist faction of the Roman Senate, who were supported by Pompey (106–48 BC) and his legions.[1] After a five-year-long (49–45 BC) politico-military struggle, fought in Italy, Illyria, Greece, Egypt, Africa, and Hispania, Caesar defeated the last of the Optimates in the Battle of Munda and became Dictator perpetuo
Hannibal was a military and strategical genius who for a long time positively impacted Carthage. However, his loss to his great enemy, Rome, in the Second Punic War, ultimately led Carthage to its downfall, making Rome the major European power. In order to fully understand Hannibal’s influence to his community, we must first learn about Carthage before his arrival. In the third century, Rome and Carthage were the two major European powers.
The Power Effect Power affects many people and the outcomes of life. Power is a way of controlling people or events. In the play, Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, power causes jealousy that destroys friendships and alliances. Julius Caesar is offered to rule Rome which makes other powerful people jealous. Cassius is jealous and tries to manipulate Brutus into assassinating Caesar.
Soft power in the Mauryan Empire Soft power helped the leaders of the Mauryan Empire maintain legitimacy because they valued a pluralistic society which allowed the people to be diverse. The Maurya Empire when first founded by Chandragupta Maurya c. 320 B.C.E. Chandragupta’s son ruled after he had finished his sentence and had not ruled different from his father. The final ruler was Chandragupta’s grandson Ashoka, he chose a different way of ruling yet included many of the same values. After Chandragupta divided his empire into districts, the society remained diverse. The people of his indian empire preserved their identities, values, and languages.
Martin Luther, an American civil rights activist, once said, “If there is hell, Rome is built on it.” For centuries ancient Rome has suffered and survived the reign of numerous political leaders. Rome’s political history is intricate, bloody and filled with various rulers and enemies. Among Rome’s countless enemies, Hannibal Barca, general of the Carthaginian army, has stood out as monstrously cruel. Rome has accused Hannibal of sacrificing children to the gods, whipping innocent wives and children and destroying all who dared cross his path.
The leader I chose for my paper is Hannibal Barca, the General. Hannibal Barca was born in Carthage (present-day Tunisia) in approximately 247 B.C. He was the son of Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca (Barca meaning "thunderbolt"). After Carthage's defeat by the Romans in the First Punic War in 241 B.C, Hamilcar devoted himself to improving both his and Carthage's fortunes. Hannibal much later said that when he came upon his father and begged to go with him, Hamilcar agreed and demanded that he swear that as long as he lived he would never be a friend of Rome (“Biography”, n.d., p. 1).
When Hannibal was still a young boy, Hamilcar took him and created a new colony called ‘New Carthage’ located in Spain. There, he trained Hannibal to hate the Romans and made him promise to always despise them. Sadly, when Hannibal was 19, his father was killed in a skirmish with the Spaniards. This fed Hannibal’s hatred for the Romans and led him to start his war
