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The main source for almost every aspect of the First Punic War [note 2] is the historian Polybius (c. 200 –c. 118 BC), a Greek sent to Rome in 167 BC as a hostage. [5] [6] [7] His works include a now lost manual on military tactics, [8] but he is known today for The Histories, written sometime after 146 BC, or about a century after the end of the war.
The main source for almost every aspect of the First Punic War is the historian Polybius (c. 200 – c. 118 BC), a Greek sent to Rome in 167 BC as a hostage. [2] [3] His works include a now-lost manual on military tactics, [4] but he is known today for The Histories, written sometime after 146 BC or about a century after the end of the war.
The First Punic War began in 264 BC and was fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC.For 23 years, in the longest continuous conflict and greatest naval war of antiquity, the two powers struggled for supremacy, primarily on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and its surrounding waters. [5]
The main source for almost every aspect of the First Punic War [note 1] is the historian Polybius (c. 200 – c.118 BC), a Greek sent to Rome in 167 BC as a hostage. [2] [3] His works include a now-lost manual on military tactics, [4] but he is known today for The Histories, written sometime after 146 BC, or about a century after the Battle of the Aegates.
The end of the war sparked a major but eventually unsuccessful revolt within Carthaginian territory known as the Mercenary War. The Second Punic War began in 218 BC and witnessed the Carthaginian general Hannibal's crossing of the Alps and invasion of mainland Italy. This expedition enjoyed considerable early success and campaigned in Italy for ...
The main source for almost every aspect of the First Punic War [note 1] is the historian Polybius (c. 200 – c. 118 BC), a Greek sent to Rome in 167 BC as a hostage. [3] His works include a now-lost manual on military tactics, [ 4 ] but he is known today for The Histories , written sometime after 146 BC, or about a century after the Battle of ...
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars between 264 and 146 BC fought by the states of Rome and Carthage.All three were won by Rome. The First Punic War broke out in Sicily in 264 BC and lasted 23 years, until 241 BC, when after immense materiel and human losses on both sides the Carthaginians were defeated.
The western part of the island was brought under Roman control in 241 BC at the conclusion of the First Punic War with Carthage. [1] A praetor was regularly assigned to the island from c. 227 BC. [2] The Kingdom of Syracuse under Hieron II remained an independent ally of Rome until its defeat in 212 BC during the Second Punic War. [3]