Punic wars

Punic wars

264 BCE

First Punic War. Carthage cedes Sicily to Rome

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256 BCE

Roman naval victory against Carthage off Ecnomus during the first Punic War.

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254 BCE

Romans capture Palermo during the first Punic War.

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241 BCE

Roman naval victory off the Aegates islands leads to victory over Carthage, ending the first Punic War.

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219 BCE

Hannibal crosses the Ebro river in Spain and sacks the city of Saguntum, Rome's ally sparking off the second Punic War.

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218 BCE

Rome declares war on Carthage after Hanniabal sacks Saguntum in spain. The second Punic War begins.

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216 BCE

Marcus Claudius Marcellus successfully defends Nola against attack from hanniabal during the second Punic war.

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214 BCE

Syracuse joins the side of carthage in the Second Punic War.

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212 BCE

A Carthaginian army is defeated in Sicily by a roman army led by Marcellus. Syracuse falls to Rome who now control the island.

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211 BCE

Marcus Claudius Marcellus is a given a triumph for his capture of Syracuse and victories in Sicily.

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209 BCE

Scipio Africanus captures the Carthaginian base and treasury Carthago nova in southern Spain.

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208 BCE

Roman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus is killed in an ambush in Venusia, Southern Italy.

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207 BCE

Rome defeats a Carthaginian army at the battle of metaurus.

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206 BCE

Scipio Africanus wins the battle of ilipa in Spain.

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203 BCE

Scipio Africanus attacks two camps of Syphax and Gisgo in North Africa and destroys their armies.

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202 BCE

Battle of zama: Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal, ending the second punic war.

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150 BCE

A carthaginian army attacks numida, breaking the peace treaty agreed with rome and sparking the third punic war.

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149 BCE

Rome send an army of 80,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry attack carthage.

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148 BCE

The Roman siege of Carthage, in it's second year, remains successful.

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146 BCE

Scipio Africanus the Younger sacks Carthage and enslaves it's population.