Second Punic War By 119924_New Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE First Punic War The first war between Rome and Carthage 262 BCE Scipio Born Scipio born to Publius Cornelius Scipio, Roman general who fought in the first Punic War 183 BCE Scipio Dies Scipio dies in nearly self imposed exile. Orders burial not to be in the ungrateful city of Rome.