Weaker enemies, by design, do not threaten stronger powers existentially; ‘proportionality’ means stalemate. From the Punic Wars (264–146 b.c.) and the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) to the ...

So the question now is the same as it’s been since the ceasefire was signed – what’s the end game? Hamas is determined to ...

The advance of the Carthaginian general Hannibal on Rome during the Second Punic War caused ... but it was destroyed in 146 B.C. at the end of the Third Punic War, which Rome instigated for ...