The Punic Wars
The Punic Wars were a series of three conflicts involving the Roman Republic and the Empire of Carthage from 264 BCE until 146 BCE. For over a century the Romans and the Carthaginians jostled to control the seas and the lands of the Italian peninsula, Sicily, northern Africa and the southern lands of Spain.
With special thanks to:
Dr Louis Rawlings, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at Cardiff University
THE PUNIC WARS TOPIC AREAS
HANNIBAL RIDING AN ELEPHANT © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / CC BY-SA 4.0
Origins of Conflict
In the city of Rome in 509 BC, citizens came together to expel their King and form a republican government…more
Map of the western Mediterranean at the time of the First Punic War in 264 BCE ©by Jan van der Crabben
![A Roman naval bireme depicted in a relief from the Temple of Fortuna Primigenia in Praeneste (Palastrina),[22] which was built c. 120 BC;[23] exhibited in the Pius-Clementine Museum (Museo Pio-Clementino) in the Vatican Museums.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a02ed1990badea68d9909d7/1566735705904-PACIWQK8LIO5PG5XQ0TW/D473-bire%CC%80me_romaine.png)
A Roman naval bireme depicted in a relief from the Temple of Fortuna Primigenia in Praeneste (Palastrina),[22] which was built c. 120 BC;[23] exhibited in the Pius-Clementine Museum (Museo Pio-Clementino) in the Vatican Museums.
End of Conflict
In 242 BCE, after a period of stalemate and guerrilla warfare, the Romans mustered a fleet of 200 warships to attack Lilybaeum, Sicily… more
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