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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

The Asian cult of the Magna mater imported towards the end of the second Punic war in 205 BC included the self-castrated eunuch priests of their self-castrated god Attis. Ouch.

公元前205年签署腓尼基和约后，罗马引进了众神之母的信仰包括自我阉割的神阿提斯。

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。

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。

Rome did not enter either of the Punic Wars in order to become the most important power the Mediterranean. As far as the Romans could tell, the Punic wars just happened.

罗马参与到布匿战争中不是为了成为地中海强权罗马人还能记得，布匿战争就这样发生了。

Given the nastiness of the Second Punic War, it's hard to blame them. But the mos maiorum, the final decision belonged to the victorious general.

考虑到肮脏的第二布匿战争，很难责备他们，但是根据法令，那终决定权握在获胜将军的手中。

This met the dictates 'of the Ius Fetiales, that is to say it meant that the Carthaginians started it and it touched off what we call the first Punic War.

这就符合了和平条约的内容，也就是说是迦太基人开启了战争这也就触发了第一次布匿战役。

The Carthaginian war party, led by Hamilcar and his young son Hannibal, made no secret of their determination to get even with Rome for the first Punic War.

迦太基战争是由哈米尔卡领导的还有他的小儿子汉尼拔，他们并没有隐瞒自己的决定想在第一次布匿战争中与罗马打成平手。

During the Second Punic War, when Syracuse decided to switch its allegiance from Rome to Carthage, Archimedes built numerous devices to defend his city.

在第二次布匿战争期间，当锡拉丘兹决定从罗马转而效忠迦太基时，阿基米德建造了许多设施来保卫他的城市。

The third Punic War was a formality – Rome found some excuse to attack Carthage and then destroyed it so completely that these days you can’t even find it on a map.

第三次布匿战争只是一种形式——罗马找了一些借口进攻迦太基，然后彻底摧毁了它，如今你甚至无法在地图上找到它。

There was a Third Punic War from 149 to 146  BCE, also known as the Siege of Carthage, when the ancient city apparently broke  the terms of their peace treaty with Rome.

公元前 149 年至 146 年发生了第三次布匿战争， 也称为迦太基围城战，当时这座古城显然违反了与罗马签订的和平条约的条款。

To learn more about Hannibal Barca, then check out  our book, Hannibal Barca: A Captivating Guide to the Carthaginian General Who Fought in the Second  Punic War Between Carthage and Ancient Rome.

要了解有关汉尼拔巴卡的更多信息，请查看我们的书《汉尼拔巴卡：参与迦太基和古罗马第二次布匿战争的迦太基将军的迷人指南》。

The Carthaginian empire's potential weakness,   plus resentment on both sides, meant the peace was fragile – and perhaps bound to be broken. Between the first and second punic wars, Carthage rightly suspected that Rome  would look to exert more authority.

迦太基帝国潜在的弱点， 加上双方的怨恨，意味着和平是脆弱的——也许注定要被打破。 在第一次和第二次布匿战争之间，迦太基正确地怀疑罗马会寻求行使更多权力。