在意大利征战14年后最后汉尼拔返回了非洲，因为他的同胞们需要他。

　　The Romans, led by Scipio their general, had reached the gates of Carthage.

　　原来罗马人在其统帅西庇阿的率领下已兵临迦太基城下。

　　And there Hannibal met his defeat.

　　汉尼拔在那里打了败仗。

　　In 202 BC the Romans conquered Carthage.

　　公元前202年罗马人征服了迦太基。

　　The Carthaginians were made to burn their entire fleet and pay the Romans a huge sum of money.

　　迦太基人不得不焚毁他们的全部船队并支付巨额的战争赔款。

　　Hannibal fled, and later poisoned himself rather than fall into the hands of the Romans.

　　汉尼拔逃跑了，后来服毒自杀，以免被罗马人俘获。

　　Emboldened by its great victory, Rome now conquered Greece, still under Macedonian rule and as disunited and fragmented as ever.

　　罗马通过这一胜利变得十分强大，它竟然也占领了希腊，这时的希腊还在马其顿人统治之下，但还是像从前一样四分五裂。

　　They brought home the most beautiful works of art from Corinth and reduced the city to ashes.

　　罗马人把最美的艺术品从科林斯城带回家乡并烧毁了这座城市。

　　Rome also expanded northwards into the land of the Gauls who, 200 years earlier, had sacked Rome.

　　罗马也继续向北方扩展，进入高卢人的国家，200年前罗马就曾为高卢人所毁坏。

　　They conquered the region we know as northern Italy.

　　罗马人占领了今天叫意大利北部的地方。

　　Yet even this was not enough.

　　但罗马人还不满足于这一切。