08: We Are The Champions

 I've had my share of sand kicked in my face, but I've come through.
– Farookh Bulsara

The segments of this lecture are:

• 08a: Introduction
• 08b: Evil Empires
• 08c: Hannibal Ad Portas!
• 08d: Rome Becomes A Superpower
  
• 08e: Conclusions
  

Important terms, concepts, individuals, and events:

Carthage, Sicily, Punic Wars, corvus, Hannibal, Cannae, Fabius Maximus, Scipio Africanus, provinces, Macedonian Wars, aggressive imperialism

Questions for consideration: 

1. Why was the island of Sicily so very important to both Carthage and Rome
   
2. What did Hannibal come to symbolize to the Roman psyche?
   
3. Why did the Romans pursue such an aggressive policy against Greece in the second century BC?