First Punic War

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Punic War ancient war war

The First Punic War was a major 3rd-century BCE conflict between Rome and Carthage, fought primarily over control of Sicily and dominance in the western Mediterranean.

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Label Occurrences
First Punic War canonical 36
First Punic War Roman invasion of Africa 1
First Punic War, helped rebuild Carthaginian power overseas 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Punic War ⓘ
ancient war ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Carthage ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
cause competition for control of Sicily ⓘ
rivalry for dominance in the western Mediterranean ⓘ
conflictBetween Carthage ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
consequence Carthage pays large indemnity to Rome ⓘ
Carthaginian expansion in Iberia ⓘ
Rome becomes major naval power in the Mediterranean ⓘ
economicImpact increased Roman reliance on naval trade routes ⓘ
endTime 241 BCE ⓘ
era 3rd century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Second Punic War ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form: Roman Republic era
innovation Roman development of a large war fleet ⓘ
Roman use of the corvus boarding device ⓘ
involvedPolity Mamertines of Messana ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
location Sicily ⓘ
western Mediterranean ⓘ
mainTheater Sicily ⓘ
militaryCharacter primarily naval war with significant land campaigns ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Aegates Islands ⓘ
Battle of Bagradas River (255 BCE) ⓘ
Battle of Ecnomus ⓘ
Battle of Mylae ⓘ
Siege of Agrigentum ⓘ
notableCommander Gaius Duilius ⓘ
Hamilcar Barca ⓘ
Hanno the Great ⓘ
Marcus Atilius Regulus ⓘ
notableEvent Roman invasion of Africa (256–255 BCE) ⓘ
partOf Punic Wars ⓘ
precededBy Roman conflicts in Italy ⓘ
primaryCasusBelli intervention in Messana (Messina) ⓘ
result Carthaginian defeat ⓘ
Roman victory ⓘ
startTime 264 BCE ⓘ
territorialChange Carthage evacuates Sicily ⓘ
Rome gains control of Sicily ⓘ
treaty Treaty ending war in 241 BCE ⓘ

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Carthage → participatedIn → First Punic War ⓘ
Roman navy → formedDuring → First Punic War ⓘ
Motya → destroyedInConflict → First Punic War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sicilian Wars
Second Punic War → precededBy → First Punic War ⓘ
Roman conquest of southern Italy → followedBy → First Punic War ⓘ
Barca → associatedConflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Polybius’ Histories → coversEvent → First Punic War ⓘ
Hamilcar Barca → conflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Hamilcar Barca → afterA → First Punic War ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Punic War, helped rebuild Carthaginian power overseas
Carthaginian Empire → conflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Carthaginian navy → participatedIn → First Punic War ⓘ
Punic (Carthaginian) people → foughtWar → First Punic War ⓘ
subject surface form: Punic people
Battle of Mylae → conflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Battle of Mylae → partOf → First Punic War ⓘ
Battle of Ecnomus → conflictIn → First Punic War ⓘ
Battle of Ecnomus → partOf → First Punic War ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Punic War Roman invasion of Africa
Lilybaeum → involvedIn → First Punic War ⓘ
Aegadian Islands → partOf → First Punic War ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Aegates
Battle of Cape Ecnomus → conflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Battle of Cape Ecnomus → partOf → First Punic War ⓘ
Battle of Cape Hermaeum → conflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Battle of Drepanum → conflictIn → First Punic War ⓘ
Battle of Drepanum → partOf → First Punic War ⓘ
Carthaginian army → engagedInConflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Messana → associatedWithEvent → First Punic War ⓘ
Roman conquest of Akragas → partOf → First Punic War ⓘ
Roman conquest of Akragas → conflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Ἀκράγας → conqueredInWar → First Punic War ⓘ
Punic Sicily → endCause → First Punic War ⓘ
Punic Sicily → involvedIn → First Punic War ⓘ
Greco-Punic wars → followedBy → First Punic War ⓘ
subject surface form: Greco-Punic Wars
Tauromenium → involvedIn → First Punic War ⓘ
Publius Claudius Pulcher → militaryConflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Senate → significantEvent → First Punic War ⓘ
subject surface form: Roman Senate
Mercenary War → follows → First Punic War ⓘ
Barqid family → conflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Carthaginian campaigns in Hispania → follows → First Punic War ⓘ
Barcid family → conflict → First Punic War ⓘ
Hanno the Great → conflict → First Punic War ⓘ