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The Carthaginians were finally defeated at the battle of Zama in 203BC. The Romans attacked and conquered Spain and then Carthage itself.

This was the beginning of the Second Punic War.Ģ18BC Hannibal won many battles against the Romans including the battle of Cannae where he defeated four Legions of the Roman republic. When Hannibal, the Carthagian general, attacked Seguntum the Romans came to the cities defence. In 219BC Celtic tribes lost land in Spain to the Carthaginians. The Romans destroyed several Gallic armies and some important Gallic tribes even left Italy and went to live north of the Alps. The Romans conquered the Gauls in the Po valley. They finally defeated Carthage in 241 BC and gained control of the island of Sicily and later the islands of Corsica and Sardinia.Ģ36BC The Celts began to loose their lands to other people. From Thrace three Gallic tribes advance into Anatolia and formed a new kingdom called Gallatia.Ģ64-241BC The Romans went to war with Carthage and built a strong navy. They were soon forced out of each of these countries but remained in Thrace until the end of the century. He won several battles but he eventually left to fight in other wars and with his final defeat in 275BC the Romans were masters of all of Italy.Ģ79BC The Gauls advanced into Macedonia, Greece and Thrace. The Greek cities in the south of Italy concerned at the power of Rome sent their champion Pyrrhus against her. From 300-280BC the Romans mastered their local enemies: the Etruscans, Samnites and the Gauls of North of Italy (Po Valley). BY 338 BC the Romans ruled the Latin League with absolute power.

After the Gallic attack on Rome the city was gradually rebuilt to become one of the largest in Italy. Timeline of the Roman Empire and Lands of the Celtic PeopleĤ75BC The people of Rome and their allies (the Latin League) overthrew their Etruscan rulers. Interactive Map of the Roman Empire and Celtic Lands - K.S.