Midterm Exam Part II

We are going on a tour of the Mediterranean, and will be following the route of the Great Carthaginian General Hannibal Barca. Though the journey was not planned out by Hannibal himself but by his brother-in-law Hansdrubal, it was carried out gloriously by Hannibal himself. Our three week journey will start in Cartagena, Spain which was called New Carthage at the time of Hannibal's departure. This city is located in southern Spain and is full of Ancient Roman and Carthaginian culture. We will take the first 3 days of our trip to explore the cities Roman theaters, Roman Collonade, House of Fortune, Decumanus, Augusteum and the old Santa Maria la Vieja Cathedral. These visits will be followed with visits to the archaeological dig sites that are scattered around the city, and even a crypt which contains a Roman house from the first century B.C. After visiting all of the sites in this area we will move on to the next step of our journey are crossing through the alps after taking about a days worth of riding to get there.
We will be taking a quick two day journey through the alps stopping at some of the old towns on the way. One we reach the other side we will travel to the river Trebia, at which Hannibal scored one of his major victories. We will spend about another day here exploring with a guide how Scipio was humiliatingly defeated here and how Hannibal used the superiority of his cavalry to defeat the Romans. We will also explore some of the digs and findings from the battle. Next after a days rest we will travel to the next of Hannibal's victories, Lake Trasimene. Here we will spen about a day, once again discovering how Hannibal easily defeated Rome once again. Here we will also explore some Roman ruins which include some of the oldest Roman streets today. Here we will rest another day and then travel to our next destination Cannae. Here we will spend about two days finding out about one of the bloodiest battles in human history. It is estimated that about 70,000 Romans alone were killed on the plain of Cannae, and that it made the Romans fight a war of attricion instead of battles on open ground. We will discover some of the ancient ruins here brought up by digs.
After about another day of rest and travel we will travel to Rome. Here we will spend about five days exploring the city itself. We will also visit the spot at which Hannibal and his army were encamped for so long, not moving in to destroy the undergarrisoned city. This will bring on a discussion, most likely, about why Hannibal did not move in to destroy it. After visiting some of the more important sites such as the Roman forums, the palantine, the Pantheon, and other important must see sites we will move on once again. We will then travel to the port city of Tarentum at which Hannibal tried to make his escape back to Carthage. Here we will spend about another two days. We will visit the ancient Roman meuseums her and visit the port city which Hannibal could not keep control of. After finishing up here, we will move onto the city of Carthage, or what is now modern day Tunis. Here we will be spending the rest of our time looking at the different meuseums of the Roman Phoenecian art and artifacts. We will also travel to different dig sites of the old buildings that were either destroyed in WWII or in the razing of the city by Scipio Africanus. I hoped you enjoyed my planned trip of the Medditerranean by way of Hannibal Barca.