Second Punic War

  • Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE

    First Punic War

    The first war between Rome and Carthage
  • 262 BCE

    Scipio Born

    Scipio born to Publius Cornelius Scipio, Roman general who fought in the first Punic War
  • 183 BCE

    Scipio Dies

    Scipio dies in nearly self imposed exile. Orders burial not to be in the ungrateful city of Rome.