First Punic War: Carthage was pushing its control in Sicily and ran up against some rebellious mercenary soldiers. Rome chose to support them as a means of having an excuse to move into Sicily to expand its territory beyond Italy. Second Punic War: Carthage attacked Sargentum in Spain, in breach of the Ebro River line agreed with Rome as dividing their areas of interest in Spain.
The Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire were looking for land, when there army's collided and fought to the death for the land Sicily.
Carthage and Rome, originally cooperated but fell out over control of Sicily. Rome wo this conflict. The rivalry for control of the Western Mediterranean continued into a second war decisively won by Rome which imposed reparations on Carthage designed to cripple it for fifty years. Carthage paid off the indemnity and Rome disposed of its rival permanently after the third war.
Jump to: navigation, searchHannibal and his men crossing the Alps.{| ! style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; BACKGROUND: lightsteelblue" colspan="2" | [show]v • d • ePunic Wars| First - Mercenary - Second - ThirdCarthaginian Empire through the Punic WarsThe Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC[1], and were probably the largest wars yet of the ancient world.[2] They are known as the Punic Wars because the Latin term for Carthaginian was Punici (older Poenici, from their Phoenician ancestry). The main cause of the Punic Wars was the clash of interests between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily, part of which lay under Carthaginian control. |}
Carthage defended itself against attacks by Roman ally Numidia. The terms of peace treaty after Carthage's loss in the Second Punic War required border disputes ito be referred to Rome and get Roman approval to use war to resolve them. Rome resolved such appeals in favour of Numidia, so Carthage defended itself, which Rome interpreted as a breach of the treaty and took the opportunity to attack and impose a 'final solution' to the problem of Carthaginian distraction from its current main aim of expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Punic Wars were three wars between the armies of Carthage and Rome. They fought for the control of the Mediterranean, and Rome's victory was the start of their domination of Europe.
First Punic War: Carthage was pushing its control in Sicily and ran up against some rebellious mercenary soldiers. Rome chose to support them as a means of having an excuse to move into Sicily to expand its territory beyond Italy. Second Punic War: Carthage attacked Sargentum in Spain, in breach of the Ebro River line agreed with Rome as dividing their areas of interest in Spain.
The Punic Wars started in 264 BC as a result of territorial disputes between Rome and Carthage.
The Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire were looking for land, when there army's collided and fought to the death for the land Sicily.
Carthage and Rome, originally cooperated but fell out over control of Sicily. Rome wo this conflict. The rivalry for control of the Western Mediterranean continued into a second war decisively won by Rome which imposed reparations on Carthage designed to cripple it for fifty years. Carthage paid off the indemnity and Rome disposed of its rival permanently after the third war.
There were three wars. The first began as a dispute over Sicily between Carthage and Rome.
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Jump to: navigation, searchHannibal and his men crossing the Alps.{| ! style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; BACKGROUND: lightsteelblue" colspan="2" | [show]v • d • ePunic Wars| First - Mercenary - Second - ThirdCarthaginian Empire through the Punic WarsThe Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC[1], and were probably the largest wars yet of the ancient world.[2] They are known as the Punic Wars because the Latin term for Carthaginian was Punici (older Poenici, from their Phoenician ancestry). The main cause of the Punic Wars was the clash of interests between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily, part of which lay under Carthaginian control. |}
Carthage defended itself against attacks by Roman ally Numidia. The terms of peace treaty after Carthage's loss in the Second Punic War required border disputes ito be referred to Rome and get Roman approval to use war to resolve them. Rome resolved such appeals in favour of Numidia, so Carthage defended itself, which Rome interpreted as a breach of the treaty and took the opportunity to attack and impose a 'final solution' to the problem of Carthaginian distraction from its current main aim of expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean.
There is a timeline of events regarding the Punic Wars at the related link below .
264 BCE.
The Second Punic War stated in 218 BC and ended in 202 BC.