The battle of Carthage
By: Jake Hevner
Main Facts
- lasted 3 years (149 BC-146 BC)
- Location:Carthage(near modern day Tunis)
- Battle between Romans and Carthaginians
Siege weapons/engines
The romans used seige engines which are structures or weopons that would get troops through under (or typically) over a wall or defense such as:
- Ballista: a large firearm with the shape of a crossbow that fires a 2-3 meter javelin
- battering ram: trunk sized wood with a blunt metal or wood end that would be rammed into a gate
- trebuchet: (ancient armies directly utilized gravity to launch projectiles at their enemies by placing a large weight on the short end of the trebuchet's lever arm and then letting it fall)
Generals of the battle
Manius Manilis
Roman general with a lot of experience and well respected
Scipio Aemilianus
Roman general and politican with a very brief military backgruond
Hasdrubal the Boetharch
A Carthaginian general
Troops and casualties
Roman
- 80,000 men
- 4,000 cavalry
- 17,000 killed or wounded
Troops and casualties
Carthaginians
- 90,000 military personnel
- 410,000 civilians
- 445,000 deaths
- 55,000 enslaved