Carthage vs. Rome: The Wolf at the Gates (TRIH ep 423, part 3)
280 BCE · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine early Roman–Carthaginian relations, starting with a Bronze-age treaty recorded by Polybius (dated 509 BC) that constrained Roman and Carthaginian naval and commercial activity. They discuss Rome's transition from monarchy to republic, Roman institutions like consuls, and the civic values (honor, virtus, and shared citizenship) that shaped Roman military conduct.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 280 BCE
- Wars of the Diadochi (322 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Reign of Alexander the Great (336 BCE)
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Alexander the Great (356 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)