What the records say
- When
- 264 BCE – 241 BCE
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 38.00° N, 17.00° E
- Description
- First War between Rome and Carthage
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
First Punic War
War between Rome and Carthage (264–241 BC)
The First Punic War was the first of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the early 3rd century BC. For 23 years, in the longest continuous conflict and greatest naval war of antiquity, the two powers struggled for supremacy. The war was fought primarily on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and its surrounding waters, and also in North Africa.
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The source
Includes 21 events
- Battle of Messana264 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Agrigentum261 BCE · Siege
- Siege of Mytistraton261 BCE · Siege
- Battle of Mylae260 BCE · Battle
- Battle of the Lipari Islands260 BCE · Battle
- Battle of the Point of Italy260 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Thermae259 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Sulci258 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Tyndaris257 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Cape Ecnomus256 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Bagradas255 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Adys255 BCE · Battle
- Siege of Aspis255 BCE · Siege
- Battle of Cape Bon255 BCE · Battle
- Battle of Panormus251 BCE · Battle
- Siege of Lilybaeum250 BCE · Siege
- Battle of Mount Erice249 BCE · Battle
- Siege of Drepana249 BCE · Siege
- Battle of Drepana249 BCE · Battle
- Second Battle of Drepana243 BCE · Battle
- Battle of the Aegates Islands241 BCE · Battle