The city became the seat of the Carthaginian Empire and flourished until the Punic Wars with Rome.

这座城市成为迦太基帝国的所在地，在与罗马的布匿战争之前一直很繁荣。

There was also the cult of Cybele that arrived in Rome during the Punic Wars.

还有在布匿战争期间到达罗马的西布莉教。

Spain's mineral resources made Carthage even wealthier than it had been prior to the first Punic War.

事实上，西班牙的矿产资源使迦太基更加富裕比第一次布匿战争之前更富裕。

Rome won, which made Carthage cranky, so they started the second Punic war.

罗马赢了，这让迦太基暴躁，于是他们开始了第二次布匿战争。

But the experience of the Second Punic War proved to the Romans that a workable plan was desperately needed.

但第二次布匿战争的经历向罗马证明了他们非常需要一个可行的计划。

In the First Punic War, Rome wanted Sicily, which was controlled by the Carthaginians.

在第一次布匿战争中，罗马想要 由迦太基人控制的西西里岛。

The catalyst for the Second Punic War lay in  Hannibal's attack on Rome's ally, Saguntum.

第二次布匿战争的催化剂在于汉尼拔对罗马盟友萨贡图的进攻。

Both sides in the first Punic war knew that it was all but inevitable that there would be a second go-around.

第一次布匿战争的双方都知道不可避免的是还会有第二次战争爆发。

Not so the destruction of Carthage in the Third Punic War, which lasted from one forty nine to one forty six BC.

第三次布匿战争中被摧毁的迦太基却非如此，第三次战争从公元前149年延续到146年。

The Romans knew that Carthage would eventually attack Saguntum and that they would have to defend Saguntum, and that a second Punic War would result.

罗马人知道迦太基最后会攻打萨贡托也相信他们会打败萨贡托，那也就是第二次布匿战争的结果。