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The Punic people, usually known as the ... In 238 BC, following the First Punic War the Romans took over the whole island, incorporating it into the province of ...
These machines featured prominently during the Second Punic War in 214 BC, when the Roman Republic attacked Syracuse with a fleet of 60 quinqueremes under Marcus Claudius Marcellus. When the Roman fleet approached the city walls under cover of darkness, the machines were deployed, sinking many ships and throwing the attack into confusion.
The Punic Wars are also considered to include the four-year-long revolt against Carthage which started in 241 BC. Each war involved immense materiel and human losses on both sides. The First Punic War broke out on the Mediterranean island of Sicily in 264 BC as Rome's expansion began to encroach on Carthage's sphere of influence on the
Spendius (died late 238 BC) was a former Roman slave who led a rebel army against Carthage, in what is known as the Mercenary War. He escaped or was rescued from slavery in Campania and was recruited into the Carthaginian Army during the First Punic War at some point prior to 241 BC. Spendius's date of birth is unknown, as are most details of ...
It had elements of the Delian League led by Athens (allies shared funding and manpower for defense), the Spartan Kingdom (subject peoples serving as serfs for the Punic elite and state) and, to a lesser extent, the Roman Republic (allies contributing manpower and tribute for Rome's war machine).
Hanno (Punic: 𐤇𐤍𐤀, ḤNʾ) [1] was a Carthaginian general, prominent in the events leading to the start of the First Punic War (264 to 241 BC). Satellite photo of the Strait of Messina. The Strait of Messina, Italian mainland in the distance.
Hasdrubal the Bald (Latin: Hasdrubal Calvus; Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋, [1] ʿAzrubaʿal, "Help of Baal") was a Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War.In 215 BCE, Hasdrubal was sent by Carthage to take the restive Roman territory of Sardinia, but his fleet was wrecked en route in a storm off the Balearic Islands.
Thus he resorted to the same tactics his father Hamilcar Barca used for seven years during the First Punic war in Sicily. According to the military historian Hans Delbrück, the strategic goal behind these tactics was to induce Rome to an acceptable peace treaty in return for relinquishing the Punic base in Italy. [2]