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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

At the end of the three Punic Wars, Carthage was eventually sacked and destroyed by the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, and Rome was elevated to Carthage's position as the greatest Mediterranean Empire.

在三次布匿战争结束时，迦太基最终被罗马将军斯比奥·阿米尼林斯洗劫并摧毁，罗马就替代了迦太基作为最伟大的地中海帝国的地位。

Rome pressed Syracuse for an alliance and  turned their collective might on Carthage, starting up the first in a series of three  conflicts now known as the Punic Wars.

罗马向叙拉古施压， 要求结盟，并将他们的集体力量转向迦太基，开始了现在被称为布匿战争的一系列三场冲突中的第一次。

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》。

To learn more about ancient  Carthage, check out our book, Carthage: A Captivating Guide to the  Carthaginian Empire and Its Conflicts with the Ancient Greek City-States and the Roman  Republic in the Sicilian Wars and Punic Wars.

要了解有关古代迦太基的更多信息，请查看我们的书迦太基：迦太基帝国及其在西西里战争和布匿战争中与古希腊城邦和罗马共和国的冲突的迷人指南。

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。