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Asia (search for this): book 3, chapter 6
Persia (Iran) (search for this): book 3, chapter 6
Rome (Italy) (search for this): book 3, chapter 6
Greece (Greece) (search for this): book 3, chapter 6
Saguntum (Spain) (search for this): book 3, chapter 6
Causes of the Second Punic War
Some historians of the Hannibalian war, when they wish
The origin of the 2d Punic war;
to point out to us the causes of this contest
between Rome and Carthage, allege first the
siege of Saguntum by the Carthaginians, and,
secondly, their breach of treaty by crossing the river called by
the natives the Iber. B. C. 334. But though I should call these the
first actions in the war, I cannot admit them
to be its causes. One might just as well say
that the crossing of Alexander the Great into Asia was the
cause of the Persian war, and the descent of
Antiochus upon Demetrias the cause of his war
with Rome. B. C. 192, In neither would it be a probable or ture statement. In the first case, this action of Alexander's could not be
called the cause of a war, for which both he and his father
Philip in his lifetime had made elaborate preparations: and in
the second case, we know that the Aetolian league had done
the same, with a view to a war with Rome, before Antioch
Carthage (Tunisia) (search for this): book 3, chapter 6
Causes of the Second Punic War
Some historians of the Hannibalian war, when they wish
The origin of the 2d Punic war;
to point out to us the causes of this contest
between Rome and Carthage, allege first the
siege of Saguntum by the Carthaginians, and,
secondly, their breach of treaty by crossing the river called by
the natives the Iber. B. C. 334. But though I should call these the
first actions in the war, I cannot admit them
to be its causes. One might just as well say
that the crossing of Alexander the Great into Asia was the
cause of the Persian war, and the descent of
Antiochus upon Demetrias the cause of his war
with Rome. B. C. 192, In neither would it be a probable or ture statement. In the first case, this action of Alexander's could not be
called the cause of a war, for which both he and his father
Philip in his lifetime had made elaborate preparations: and in
the second case, we know that the Aetolian league had done
the same, with a view to a war with Rome, before Antioch
Demetrias (search for this): book 3, chapter 6
334 BC (search for this): book 3, chapter 6
Causes of the Second Punic War
Some historians of the Hannibalian war, when they wish
The origin of the 2d Punic war;
to point out to us the causes of this contest
between Rome and Carthage, allege first the
siege of Saguntum by the Carthaginians, and,
secondly, their breach of treaty by crossing the river called by
the natives the Iber. B. C. 334. But though I should call these the
first actions in the war, I cannot admit them
to be its causes. One might just as well say
that the crossing of Alexander the Great into Asia was the
cause of the Persian war, and the descent of
Antiochus upon Demetrias the cause of his war
with Rome. B. C. 192, In neither would it be a probable or ture statement. In the first case, this action of Alexander's could not be
called the cause of a war, for which both he and his father
Philip in his lifetime had made elaborate preparations: and in
the second case, we know that the Aetolian league had done
the same, with a view to a war with Rome, before Antioc
192 BC (search for this): book 3, chapter 6
396 BC - 394 BC (search for this): book 3, chapter 6