Punic War

Any of the three wars (264-241, 218-201, and 149-146 b.c.) fought between Rome and Carthage, resulting ultimately in the destruction of Carthage and the gain by the Romans of its territory in Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Africa, and Spain.

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Punic War - one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC

Aegates Isles, Aegadean Isles - islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC

Cannae - ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC

Battle of Lake Trasimenus, Lake Trasimenus - a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius

Metaurus River - a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy

battle of Zama, Zama - the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War

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Aegadean Isles
Aegates Isles
Battle of Lake Trasimenus
battle of Zama
Cannae
Carthage
Carthaginian
Egadi Islands
Fabius Maximus
Hamilcar Barca
Hannibal
Lake Trasimenus
Marcellus
Masinissa
Metaurus River
Numidia
Numidian
Publius Cornelius Scipio
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major

In 241 BC, the Roman naval victory in the battle of the Aegates islands put an end to the first Punic war and marked the ultimate banishment of the Carthaginians from Sicily, which became the first official Roman provincia just a few years later.

Tradition and innovation; Sicily between Hellenism and Rome by Reference & Research Book News

com "Hannibal's Elephant Girl" is a historically based tale of Liada, a girl of twelve years who lived in 229 BCE in the time of Hannibal between the first and second Punic Wars.

Hannibal's Elephant Girl by Children's Bookwatch

Menorcan Soldiers Were Once Paid in Women and Wine The Balearic Slingers of Menorca were a formidable bunch and during the Punic wars between Rome and Carthage, the Carthaginians employed the services of the slingers to fight for them.

Five Interesting Facts on Menorca by Lorraine Waddell / Travel, recreation and leisure community