Ancient Rome has a rich history filled with art, architecture, religion, technological advances, and intellectual discoveries. To stay in power, Rome had to ward off those challenging their superiority. One of the most famous disputes was between Rome and Carthage which prompted The Punic Wars. The first war started in 264 BC and the third and final war ended in 146 BC. During the Second Punic War, a man named Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus led the Roman troops after his Patrician father died in battle. Coming from a well known and respected Patrician family, one of the five great families of Rome in fact, Scipio Africanus had been brought up to eventually participate in the Roman Army. His father was at one time a consul over Rome and
