Both sides in the first Punic war knew that it was all but inevitable that there would be a second go-around.

第一次布匿战争的双方都知道不可避免的是还会有第二次战争爆发。

Rome won, which made Carthage cranky, so they started the second Punic war.

罗马赢了，这让迦太基暴躁，于是他们开始了第二次布匿战争。

The Asian cult of the Magna mater imported towards the end of the second Punic war in 205 BC included the self-castrated eunuch priests of their self-castrated god Attis. Ouch.

公元前205年签署腓尼基和约后，罗马引进了众神之母的信仰包括自我阉割的神阿提斯。

Rome did not enter either of the Punic Wars in order to become the most important power the Mediterranean. As far as the Romans could tell, the Punic wars just happened.

罗马参与到布匿战争中不是为了成为地中海强权罗马人还能记得，布匿战争就这样发生了。

The Carthaginian empire's potential weakness,   plus resentment on both sides, meant the peace was fragile – and perhaps bound to be broken. Between the first and second punic wars, Carthage rightly suspected that Rome  would look to exert more authority.

迦太基帝国潜在的弱点， 加上双方的怨恨，意味着和平是脆弱的——也许注定要被打破。 在第一次和第二次布匿战争之间，迦太基正确地怀疑罗马会寻求行使更多权力。