Comparing Rome And Punic Wars

To have a clear picture of Carthage, Rome and the motivations of their great rivalry, we must establish that it was a struggle for power, economic, conquest and dominion over the near Italy cities and close to the Northern territories of Africa, where both sides deployed their best men and abilities for war until there was a winner and a loser after fighting the Punic wars which most relevant details and characteristics are explained below.

Comparison between Rome and Carthage

Roman history cannot be told without mentioning Carthage and make comparisons of their power. Carthage was founded by the Phoenicians in the northern coast of Africa in 814 BCE, while Rome was founded by the union of the Etruscan and Latin tribes of the Italian peninsula in 753 BCE as per the documented in the reference.

I think Carthage and Rome had similar aspirations, challenges and ways to act in relation to its neighbors.

Carthage dominated and conquered the native inhabitants of Africa as Lydian and Numidian as well some Greeks cities in Sicily, Rome by his side dominated and conquered the peoples of the Italian peninsula as the Umbrian, Latins, etc. (Morey, 1901, p. 62), both Rome and Carthage after they were consolidated as powers in their respective territories, wanted to make their respective domains larger and went outside their borders to extend their territories.

Carthage and Rome had a similar form of government in spite of the fact that Carthage was an empire with a monarch, but also had a senate, consuls and a popular assembly like Rome, which being a republic had a dictator, a senate, consuls and a popular assembly, this is strictly speaking about how they were organized to rule according to my opinion because how they applied the government power were very

different.
The differences become obvious when through the textbook written by William C. Morey and references mentioned footnotes, we can understand that when Rome conquered made them allies and subjects who paid tribute, but also gave them rights of ownership or possession, also made them citizens and let them govern themselves, what returned for Rome gains and loyal subjects. Carthage was different just turned them into slaves, who should work and be subject all the time with no belonging to anywhere, this generated strong resentment in the conquered.
I think that in wealth were evenly matched, Carthage through the trade and navigating, Rome through taxes and contributions that his subjects paid him, the same can be said of their military power that were similar in terms of warrior effectiveness, Rome had a better land army and Carthage had a better naval fleet, both sides had an excellent force of cavalry and military strategists, but their mutual jealousy and rivalry led them to the bloodiest war of that time until the surrender and destruction of Carthage at the hands of the Romans.
CONCLUSION
I must say that from my personal analysis after reading our textbook and supplemental sources, that was the corruption of the Roman government in its desire to have more personal wealth and luxuries with other people's effort, the reason to fight relentlessly despite its thousands of dead, Carthage fought back and then wanted to get even, but Rome despite the first victories of Carthage, learned faster and won the final battles because he had allies and generals and strategists of war, Carthage only had to Hannibal as his great general and strategist and this was its perdition, to lack of the strategic renewal of generals and strategic warriors.