Timeline for Why didn't the senate of Carthage reinforce Hannibal in Italy?
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| Dec 4, 2014 at 22:20 | comment | added | Juan Antonio Gomez Moriano | @T.E.D. Interesting, however when Escipio went from Hispania to north africa to negotiate with Sifax, he almost was captured by some Carthage ships, was the Romen rule over the mediterranean so strong at that time? | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 22:18 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | @JuanAntonioGomezMoriano The Carthaginian navy was essentially wiped out in the First Punic war. By the time of the second, you had a situation where Carthage had a badass army, but Rome ruled the seas. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 19:56 | comment | added | Tyler Durden | @sds That's the way war is. When you win it is because you are are a military genius, but when you lose it is because of bad luck. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 19:52 | comment | added | sds | why "unfortunately"? | |
| Dec 3, 2014 at 23:33 | comment | added | Tyler Durden | @JuanAntonioGomezMoriano Not enough ships. The whole Carthaginian navy would have been less than 100 ships and you would need thousands of ships to move the entire army all at once. Moving it piece meal would be too dangerous, because once the Romans found about it, they would have attacked the ships with their superior naval force. | |
| Dec 3, 2014 at 22:43 | comment | added | Juan Antonio Gomez Moriano | True, but still, why not send ships via the Mediterranean sea? | |
| Dec 3, 2014 at 22:37 | history | answered | Tyler Durden | CC BY-SA 3.0 |