Name: kartik Patel Subject: history 101 Professor: Dr. Gilbert stack Essay: Hannibal Hannibal Hannibal, a Carthaginian general and one of the greatest generals that ever lived was renown for his strategies and courageousness, such as crossing the Alps and using the bottleneck strategy at Lake Tradesmen. He used strategies that a lot of generals at this time, especially Roman generals, would never think of and in doing this he almost destroyed the Roman republic. From the middle of the 3rd century to the middle of the 2nd century BC, Carthage was engaged in a series of wars with Rome (Dorey, P 57). These wars, known as the Punic Wars, ended
He claims to have massacred 260 enemy soldiers and having “their heads cut off in heaps”. Clearly, Assur believes his title as a fierce warrior is the most important and respected of all roles as king. It is evident therefore, that Assur-Nassir-Pal II embodies the essence of war. Concerning the connection between Assur-Nassir-Pal II as king and the divine, there is a clear connection between divine power and his kingship. Although it seems Assur does not label himself as a god, he pronounces himself to be “proclaimer of the Moon-god, worshipper of Anu, exalter of Yav, suppliant of the gods “.
Armed with kitchen knives and skewers, a group (74 people) of gladiators broke out of their barracks (Capua Barracks). They believe he was from Thrace, and they were lead by Spartacus who wanted more than freedom for him and his party involved. After a succession of spectacular victories over the Roman army, his fame began to grow and local slaves flocked to join the run ways. It started off at 74 slaves, but grew to 60,000 by his decease which was (2 years of evading capture). The Roman army was defeated in humiliating ways by Spartacus, his leader was inspirational and his way to get out of the most impossible situations had the Roman army dumb founded.
The Conquest of Gaul Gaius Julius Caesar was born 100 B.C. in Rome to the impoverished patrician Julian Clan, and know knew controversy early age. Through this conflicts he slowly but surely throughout his lifetime worked his way up the political ladder, becoming Consul and finally Dictator Perpeteus, or Dictator for life. He is deemed as one of the most influential political and military leaders of all time, a highly intelligent man and an exceptional orator. Acquiring this absolute power however, was no easy feat, and Caesar had well equipped himself through previous expeditions of Europe and the ancient world with all the resources necessary to gain power in Ancient Rome.
Ramesses II had many war campaigns. “Soldiers who served Ramessess made up one of the worlds earliest large scale armies.”(Nardo, 59) Their most renown rival were the Hittites, “Many cities such as Kadesh had moved their allegiance to the hittitie king”(Nardo,57) Ramesses II moved to attack territory in the Levant which was enemy territory of the Hittite Empire. “He was eager to dislodge the Hittities and their influence from Syria.” (Nardo, 64) Ramesses's forces were ambushed and outnumbered at Kadesh by the Hittites. He fought the battle to a tie and returned home a hero. The Battle of Kadesh was a personal achievement for Ramesses.
The plan for the Battle of the Somme was to assemble a huge new army of soldiers. The men and supplies would be stockpiled in the reserve trenches. German trenches would be bombarded solidly for 7 days. The British fired over 1,500,000 shells at the German lines, which should have destroyed the German dug-outs (which were 9 metres deep), tear up their barbed wire and kill most of the Germans. Also 10 mines would be dug under the German strong points.
Caesar was given a crown three times and the people wanted him to have it, but all three times he rejected it to look good in front of the people. Brutus never wants a dictator for the republic because his father worked hard to keep Rome a republic: “My ancestors did from the streets of Rome the Tarquin drive when he was called a king” (Shakespeare 56-57). Cassius’ father was a noble man and when someone tried to put himself as a king, the fathers of Cassius and Brutus ended up killing him. Cassius wanted to do the same ‘heroic’ deed as his father in killing Caesar. Because of the uprising led by Brutus’ father, Cassius and Brutus conspire to do the same thing.
Alexander the Great conquered it in 332 B.C. When he died, many men wanted to be king, but one was never really chosen. Soon after Alexander's death, Demetrius attacked the city with an army of 40,000 men; more than the entire population of Rhodes.After one year siege he reatreat in 305.B.C. To celebrate their victory, the Rhodians sold the equipment left behind for 300 talents and decided to use the money to build a colossal statue of their patron god, Helios. Unfortunately, the statue stood for only 56 years until Rhodes was hit by an earthquake in 226 BC.
People became upset with the self-proclaimed dictator and ultimately murdered Julius Caesar. The republican form of government so carefully forged during the Struggle of the Orders crumbled under the stress of civil wars and murder (133). The Roman Empire, therefore, began. The Punic Wars is the most important war because of the changes that occurred causing the Roman Republic to fall and the Roman Empire to endure. The Wars created the largest empire in the world reaching from Europe all the way to Asia and parts of Africa.
Machine guns were built twice more powerful than in the Civil War, firing up to 600 bullets a minute which was the equivalent of 250 riflemen. Artillery experienced a massive technological progression with the building of several thousands of powerful cannons with shells filled with tiny pellets that exploded deep into the ground. Gas grenades were introduced that caused blindness and destruction of the lungs of the enemies. The invention of the telephone and radios