The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between the Roman Republic and Carthage from 264 to 146 BC. The First Punic War (264 to 241 BC) ended in Roman victory and the annexation of Sicily; the Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) is remembered for Hannibal's crossing of the Alps and his campaign in Italy; and the Third Punic War (149 to 146 BC) ended with Rome's destruction of the city of Carthage. Roman victory across all three wars left Rome in control of essentially every Carthaginian territory. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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CombatantsThe Roman Republic against Carthage, across three separate wars 1 Classification
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the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire
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264 to 146 BC
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The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between the Roman Republic and Carthage from 264 to 146 BC.
View the SourceWikipedia: Second Punic War
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Part of the Punic Wars
Wikipedia: War elephant
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by Henri-Paul Motte, 1890 Perhaps inspired by the victories of Pyrrhus of Epirus, Carthage developed its own use of war elephants and deployed them extensively during the First and Second Punic Wars.
Hellenistic-era warships (Wikipedia)
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It has even been suggested by Lionel Casson that the quinqueremes used by the Romans in the Punic Wars of the 3rd century were of the monoreme design (i.e., with one level and five rowers on each oar), being thus able to carry the large contingent of 120 marines attested for the Battle of Ecnomus.
Wikipedia: Galley
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Fleets with large galleys were put in action in conflicts such as the Punic Wars (246-146 BC) between the Roman Republic and Carthage, which included massive naval battles with hundreds of vessels and tens of thousands of soldiers, seamen, and rowers.
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