The First Punic War (264–241 BC) was the first of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the early ... Battle of Cape Ecnomus · Battle of Agrigentum · Battle of the Bagradas River

Sicily, 264–257 BC A Carthaginian army of 50,000 infantry, 6,000 cavalry and 60 elephants attempted to lift the siege in 262 BC, but was badly defeated at the ...

28 окт. 2024 г. · Hannibal led the Carthaginian forces from about 220 to 200, when he was defeated by the Roman commander Scipio Africanus the Elder.

An exceptionally strong field army, estimated at 85,000 men, was sent to crush the Carthaginians in open battle.

A combined total of 680 warships with 290,000 sailors and marines engaged in the largest naval battle in history at Cape Ecnomus. Rome emerged victorious after ...

First Punic War (264-241 B.C.). The proximate cause of the first outbreak was a crisis in the city of Messana (Messina). A band of Campanian mercenaries, ...

The Punic Wars were a series of three conflicts involving the Roman Republic and the Empire of Carthage from 264 BCE until 146 BCE.

29 окт. 2009 г. · The three Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome took place over nearly a century, beginning in 264 BC and ending in Roman victory with the destruction of ...

During the long 23 years of conflict, Rome lost over 600 ships, Carthage at least 500. As many as 50,000 Roman citizens and another 350,000 allies had been ...

17 июл. 2023 г. · Carthage was now in control of the Messina Strait, vital to grain shipping for Rome. In 263 BCE, 40 000 Roman soldiers landed on Sicily. The ...