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Rome did not fear Carthage as such. The wars with the king Pyrrhus had shown then that their control of central and part of southern Italy was solid. After that war they also took over the rest of the south. Their Italic allies could supply them with plenty of soldiers.
What they were worried was that the dispute between Syracuse and the Mamertines, mercenaries who has seized the city of Messana (Messina), could give the Carthaginians a chance to expand from their settlements in western Sicily into eastern Sicily. The issue was control over Sicily, her fertile lands (and abundant grain production) and her strategic position between the eastern and western basins of the Mediterranean. Not all Romans wanted war. A peace party did not want respond to the plea for help by people who had stolen a city. Judging by how the war developed, it seems that the Romans underestimated their ability to defeat the Carthaginians. Had they known how huge cost the war turned out to be, both financial (the coffers of the state got drained) and in loss of thousand of lives, they might taken a different view.
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What city state did Rome fight with from 250 BC to 150 BC?
Rome fought the three Punic Wars with Carthage. They spanned from 264 BC to 146 BC
What Punic war began in 264 BC?
The First Punic War between Rome and Carthage over Sicily.
What city was Rome's rival in the second century BCE?
Rome clashed with Carthage in the Three Punic Wars in the 3rd and 2nd century BC (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC and 149-146 BC).
Rome and Carthage fought for more than a century how many punic wars were there?
There were three Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC and 149-146 BC)
What happened in264 bc in rome?
In 264, as the beginnig of the the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage. The Carthaginians were known to the Romans as the Punicci...thus "Punic" War.
When did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?
Rome fought Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC .
Who did Rome beat in the Punic Wars 264 BC to 146 BC?
Carthage.
What city-state did Rome come into conflict with after 264 BC?
Carthage
When did rome and Carthage fight?
The Punic Wars were fought between 264 BC to 146 BC .
How long did the war between Rome and Carthage last?
Sparta was a city-state in Greece. It had nothing to do with Rome in Italy and Carthage in Tunisia.
Rome and Carthage fought in what war?
Rome and Carthage fought each other in the First, Second and Third Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC and 149-146 BC).
What city state did Rome fight with from 250 BC to 150 BC?
Rome fought the three Punic Wars with Carthage. They spanned from 264 BC to 146 BC
What were a series of armed conflicts between Carthage and Rome?
The series of armed conflicts between Rome and Carthage were the three Punic Wars (264-240 BC, 219-201 BC and 149-146 BC).
Which wars were fought between Carthage and rome?
The wars fought between Carthage and Rome were Punic Wars, which divided into three different wars. First Punic War - 264 BC to 241 BC Second Punic War - 218 BC to 201 BC Third Punic War - 149 BC to 146 BC (which Carthage lost to Rome)
In 264 BC Rome began to fight Carthage which was the beginning of the long struggle know as what?
The Punic Wars.
Which islands did Rome win between 264 BC. and 146 BC?
During the Punic Wars Rome wrested control from Carthage of the islands of Sicily , Sardinia and Corsica .
Who settled in Carthage in 264 BC?
Carthage remained in control of its city and territory in 264 BCE.
