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Carthage and Rome became enemies when they fought over the control over Sicily in the First Punic war (264-241 BC). Carthage had territories in western Sicily. In eastern and southern Sicily there were Greek cities. The Greek city of Syracuse was the most powerful city in Sicily. The Romans sent troops to help the Mamertines, mercenaries who had seized the city of Messana (in the east, on the strait which separates Sicily form the mainland) had been attacked by Syracuse and asked Rome for help. The Romans besieged Syracuse and forced it to become a Roman ally. Worried about their position in Sicily, the Carthaginians mobilised for war.
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