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The Roman Senate stated they considered the preparation of this force an act of war and demanded Carthage cede Sardinia and Corsica and pay an additional 1,200-talent indemnity. [note 11] [135] [136] Weakened by 30 years of war, Carthage agreed rather than again enter into conflict with Rome. [137]
Rome still exists as the capital of Italy; the ruins of Carthage lie 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Tunis on the North African coast. [84] A formal peace treaty was signed by Ugo Vetere and Chedli Klibi, the mayors of Rome and the modern city of Carthage, respectively, on 5 February 1985; 2,131 years after the war ended. [85]
In 264 BC the states of Carthage and Rome went to war, starting the First Punic War. [22] Carthage was a well-established maritime power in the Western Mediterranean; Rome had recently unified mainland Italy south of the Arno River under its control. Rome's expansion into southern Italy probably made it inevitable that it would eventually clash ...
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Territory controlled by Rome and Carthage at the start of the First Punic War In 264 BC, the states of Carthage and Rome went to war, starting the First Punic War. [ 20 ] Carthage was a well-established maritime power in the western Mediterranean ; mainland Italy south of the River Arno had recently been unified under Roman control .
The term refers to the outcome of a series of wars between Rome and the Phoenician city of Carthage, known as the Punic Wars. The two empires fought three separate wars against each other, beginning in 264 BC and ending in 146 BC. At the end of the Third Punic War, the Romans laid siege to Carthage.
Battle of Mylae – A Roman naval force under C. Duillius defeats the Carthaginian fleet, giving Rome control of the western Mediterranean. 258 BC – Battle of Sulci – Minor Roman victory against the Carthaginian fleet near Sardinia. 257 BC – Battle of Tyndaris – Naval victory of Rome over Carthage in Sicilian waters. 256 BC –
The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) 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 supremacy, primarily in Italy and Iberia, but also on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and, towards the end of the war, in North Africa.