Punic war

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  • First punic war

    The First Punic War
    (264-241 BC) Punicus=Carthaginian From the earliest days of the Republic, Rome had been on friendly terms with Carthage, a city-state in northern Africa. Since Rome was largely agricultural, and interested mainly in Italy, it had no reason to bother with Carthage, which was largely a sea power. As late as 279 BC the two cities has signed a treaty against Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, whom posed a threat to both. However, Carthage occupied the Sicilian town of Massana in 264 BC

  • punic war

    Punic Wars Timeline 8th Century BC Carthage founded by Phoenician colonists 3rd Century The Carthaginian Empire streches across north Africa, the Belearic Islands, Sardinia, Corsica, and most of Scicily. 264 A dispute erupts in the Sicilian city of Messana. Scicilians on one side call for the help of Carthage. The other side gains support of Rome. First Punic War begins 262 Rome gains control of most of Sicily after laying siege to Agrigentum 260 As the Romans were inexperienced at naval wa

  • second punic war

    At the end of the First Punic War, in 241 B.C., Carthage agreed to pay a steep tribute to Rome, but it wasn't enough to devastate the nation of traders and merchants: Rome and Carthage would soon fight again. In the interim between the First and Second Punic Wars, the Phoenician hero and military leader Hamilcar Barca conquered much of Spain, while Rome took Corsica. Hamilcar longed to get revenge against the Romans for the defeat in Punic War I, but realizing that wasn't to be, he taught hatre

  • Third punic war

    By the end of the Second Punic War (the war where Hannibal and his elephants crossed the Alps), Rome so hated Carthage that she wanted to destroy the north African urban center. The story is told that when Rome finally got to take revenge, after the Romans won the Third Punic War, they salted the fields so the Carthaginians could no longer live there. This is an example of urbicide. [See #10 on -cide words to learn.] By 201 B.C., the end of the Second Punic War, Carthage no longer had her empir