Punic wars By Camrynb3 332 BCE Fall of the Phoenician empire 264 BCE Punic wars start Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE First Punic War 255 BCE Rome sends navy to attack Carthage Fleet destroyed by storm before it could arrive 241 BCE Rome raises another navy to defeat Carthage 241 BCE First Punic War ends 229 BCE Leader of Carthaginian army, Hamilcar Barca, dies Replaced by Hannibal 218 BCE Carthaginian army attacks Spain This attack is what lead to the second Punic war because Rome realized it could no longer ignore the threat of the Carthaginian army Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE Second Punic War 216 BCE Battle of Cannae 209 BCE Roman army capture the Punic military base in New Spain 205 BCE Scripio voted console 204 BCE Roman army attack Carthage 202 BCE Battle of Zama in the African desert Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE Third Punic War 146 BCE Roman army attack Carthage 201 Carthage surrender to Rome