Punic Wars
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The Punic Wars were a series of wars fought between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire during the period 264 to 146 BC. Three such wars took place, involving a total of forty-three years o
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Detail from the second century BC Ahenobarbus relief showing two Roman foot-soldiers
Roman statuette of a war elephant recovered from Pompei
Territory ceded to Rome by Carthage under the treaty is shown in pink
Second Punic War
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The Second Punic War was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for su
The approximate extent of territory controlled by Rome and Carthage immediately before the start of the First Punic War
A Carthaginian quarter-shekel, dated 237–209 BC, depicting the Punic god Melqart, who was associated with Hercules/Heracles. On the reverse is an elephant, possibly a war elephant; these were linked with the Barcids.
Hannibal, depicted in the Capuan bust