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Punic wars

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    264 BCE

    Punic wars

    First Punic War. Carthage cedes Sicily to Rome
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    256 BCE

    Punic Wars

    Roman naval victory against Carthage off Ecnomus during the first Punic War.
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    254 BCE

    Punic wars

    Romans capture Palermo during the first Punic War.
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    241 BCE

    Punic wars

    Roman naval victory off the Aegates islands leads to victory over Carthage, ending the first Punic War.
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    219 BCE

    Punic wars

    Hannibal crosses the Ebro river in Spain and sacks the city of Saguntum, Rome's ally sparking off the second Punic War.
  • Punic Wars
    218 BCE

    Punic Wars

    Rome declares war on Carthage after Hanniabal sacks Saguntum in spain. The second Punic War begins.
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    216 BCE

    Punic War

    Marcus Claudius Marcellus successfully defends Nola against attack from hanniabal during the second Punic war.
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    214 BCE

    Punic War

    Syracuse joins the side of carthage in the Second Punic War.
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    212 BCE

    Punic Wars

    A Carthaginian army is defeated in Sicily by a roman army led by Marcellus. Syracuse falls to Rome who now control the island.
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    211 BCE

    Punic Wars

    Marcus Claudius Marcellus is a given a triumph for his capture of Syracuse and victories in Sicily.
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    209 BCE

    Punic Wars

    Scipio Africanus captures the Carthaginian base and treasury Carthago nova in southern Spain.
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    208 BCE

    Punic wars

    Roman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus is killed in an ambush in Venusia, Southern Italy.
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    207 BCE

    Punic wars

    Rome defeats a Carthaginian army at the battle of metaurus.
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    206 BCE

    Punic wars.

    Scipio Africanus wins the battle of ilipa in Spain.
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    203 BCE

    punic war

    Scipio Africanus attacks two camps of Syphax and Gisgo in North Africa and destroys their armies.
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    202 BCE

    Punic War

    Battle of zama: Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal, ending the second punic war.
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    150 BCE

    Punic War

    A carthaginian army attacks numida, breaking the peace treaty agreed with rome and sparking the third punic war.
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    149 BCE

    Punic war

    Rome send an army of 80,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry attack carthage.
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    148 BCE

    Punic Wars

    The Roman siege of Carthage, in it's second year, remains successful.
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    146 BCE

    Punic wars

    Scipio Africanus the Younger sacks Carthage and enslaves it's population.