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First Punic War Conflict broke out in Sicily, the Carthage people asked the Messinans for help but they ended up helping Rome instead and they betrayed Carthage

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Rome Builds Navy Fleet

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Rome won a naval battle against Carthage

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Carthage defeats the Roman fleet at Drepana

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Carthage wanted peace, so negociations were open. First punic war ended.

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Second Punic War. General Hannibal launched a surprise attack in Spain against roman allies and then against roman forces themselves, this led to the second punic war.

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General Hannibal attacked Rome for 2 more years, and he never lost a single battle in Italy. But the romans launched a war against Hannibal, but they failed.

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Carthaginian and Roman armies fight in Spain.

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A roman general named Scipio defeated Carthage forces cutting Hannibal to protect the city.

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Hannibal finally lost after coming as close as anyone had to defeating the romans.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Carthage surrenders, a peace treaty is signed, and second punic war ended.

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An uneasy peace lasted for several decades. There was a senator named Cato de Elder; he always ended every speech in the senate with the statement: "...and Carthage must be destroyed".

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Third punic war. Carthage was defeated by the romans.

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Thousands of Carthage people were killed and the survivors were enslaved, and the city itself was brutally sacked.

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The legacy of the conflict included the destruction of Carthage as a trading port, and the expansion of Roman Civilisation.

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https://www.neversuchinnocence.com/timeline-the-punic-wars

https://www.britannica.com/event/Punic-Wars

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Rome’s great rival in this early period of expansion was the North-African city of Carthage, founded centuries earlier by Phoenician explorers. Carthage was one of the richest and most powerful …