War & RuptureThe 3rd century BCE

War & Rupture in the 3rd century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 3rd century BCE — 5 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 264 BCE to 214 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
5
Nations
5
Earliest
264 BCE
Latest
214 BCE
Europe
3
Africa
1
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. 264–146 BCEEurope

    Italy

    The Punic Wars and Mediterranean supremacy

    In three wars against Carthage, Rome destroyed its great rival and became the dominant power of the western Mediterranean, beginning its rise to imperial dominion.

    Era: The Roman Republic and Empire

    Sources: Ancient Rome · World History Encyclopedia, Italy (country overview and history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. 218 BCEEurope

    Malta

    Malta becomes Roman

    During the Second Punic War Malta passed under Roman control and was attached to the praetorship of Sicily, beginning some seven centuries of Roman and then Byzantine rule.

    Era: Phoenicians, Carthage, Rome and the Coming of Christianity

    Sources: Malta: History, Language, Map, People · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. 218 BCEEurope

    Spain

    Rome enters Hispania

    During the Second Punic War, Roman forces landed in Iberia; over roughly two centuries Rome conquered the entire peninsula and organised it as the provinces of Hispania.

    Era: Iberia: Celts, Phoenicians, Rome and the Visigoths

    Sources: Spain · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. 218 BCEAfrica

    Tunisia

    Hannibal's war on Rome

    In the Second Punic War Hannibal invades Italy with elephants and wins at Cannae, before defeat at Zama in 202 BCE.

    Era: Carthage & the Punic Wars

    Sources: Punic Wars · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Punic Wars · World History Encyclopedia

  5. c. 214 BCEAsia

    China

    Frontier walls joined into the Great Wall

    Under the First Emperor, earlier northern fortifications are connected into a unified defense against steppe invasions, the origin of the Great Wall that later dynasties would expand.

    Era: Imperial Unification: Qin and Han

    Sources: The Great Wall (World Heritage List) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Qin Shi Huang · Encyclopaedia Britannica