Download or read book The Young Carthaginian, Or, A Struggle for Empire written by George Alfred Henty and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Punic Wars began as a struggle for empire and afterwards for existence on the part of Carthage. Hannibal was a great and skillful general who defeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae and all but took Rome.