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Timeline: Punic Wars

Years: 264 BCE - 146 BCE	Subject: History, Military History
Publisher: HistoryWorld	Online Publication Date: 2012
Current online version: 2012	eISBN: 9780191737862

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264 BCE	A clash in Sicily, between Rome and Carthage, leads to the First Punic War Go to Punic wars in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Rome Sicily Africa North Africa Europe Greece Italy Wars and Revolutions
260 BCE	A Carthaginian quinquereme, captured by the Romans, is used as the model for the first Roman fleet - constructed in two months Go to quinquereme in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Africa North Africa Europe Greece Italy Wars and Revolutions The new Roman fleet wins a decisive victory over the Carthaginians at Mylae, thanks largely to the 'raven' (corvus in Latin) Go to quinquereme in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Battles Europe Italy Wars and Revolutions
241 BCE	A Roman naval victory at Trapani, off the northwest tip of Sicily, completes the blockade of the Carthaginians and ends the First Punic War Go to Punic wars in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Battles Sicily Africa North Africa Europe Greece Italy Wars and Revolutions At the end of the First Punic War, Sicily becomes Rome's first overseas province Go to Sicily in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE Politics Conquest and colonization War Sicily Europe Greece Italy Wars and Revolutions
c. 240 BCE	Spain, with its mines of gold, silver and copper, is a hotly disputed region between Carthage and Rome Go to Punic wars in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE Politics Conquest and colonization War Europe Spain Wars and Revolutions
228 BCE	Hamilcar Barca dies fighting in Spain, after establishing a strong Carthaginian presence in the peninsula Go to Hamilcar Barca (c.229 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Europe Spain Wars and Revolutions
227 BCE	Sardinia and Corsica are annexed by Rome, becoming the second Roman overseas province Go to Sardinia in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE Politics Conquest and colonization War Europe Greece Italy Wars and Revolutions
c. 225 BCE	A treaty defines the Ebro river as the Spanish boundary between Carthage and Rome Go to Hasdrubal(1) in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE Politics War Europe Spain Wars and Revolutions
221 BCE	Hannibal succeeds to the command of the Carthaginian forces in Spain, on the death of his brother-in-law Hasdrubal Go to Hannibal (c.247–c.183 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Europe Spain Wars and Revolutions
218 BCE	Hannibal crosses the Alps with his elephants, beginning the Second Punic War Go to Punic wars in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Africa North Africa Europe Greece Italy Wars and Revolutions
217 BCE	Hannibal surprises and traps a Roman army on a narrow plain beside Lake Trasimene Go to Lake Trasimene, battle of (217 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Battles Europe Italy Wars and Revolutions
216 BCE	Hannibal destroys a Roman army at Cannae, in the most severe defeat ever suffered by Rome Go to Cannae, Battle of (216 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Battles Europe Greece Italy Wars and Revolutions
202 BCE	Hannibal suffers his first decisive defeat by a Roman army, at an unidentified site in north Africa called Zama Go to Zama, battle of in Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE War Battles Africa North Africa Greece Wars and Revolutions
201 BCE	Carthaginian Spain is handed over to Rome to become two new provinces, at the end of the Second Punic War Go to Punic wars in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century BCE Politics Conquest and colonization War Rome Europe Greece Spain Wars and Revolutions
149 BCE	Rome picks a quarrel with Carthage to begin the Third Punic War Go to Punic wars in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 2nd century BCE War Africa North Africa Europe Greece Italy Wars and Revolutions
146 BCE	Carthage is destroyed by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War Go to Carthage in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 2nd century BCE War Africa North Africa Europe Greece Italy Wars and Revolutions

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