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264 BCEThe Mamertines at Messana on Sicily call for Carthaginian and then Roman help in defence against Syracuse, sparking the First Punic War.
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264 BCE - 241 BCEFirst Punic War. Carthage cedes Sicily to Rome.
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c. 263 BCEAntaros and 3000 Celts fight with Carthage in the First Punic War.
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263 BCESegesta joins the Roman cause in the First Punic War.
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262 BCERome besieges and sacks Agrigento on Sicily in one of the first actions of the First Punic War.
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260 BCEFirst Roman naval victory against Carthage off Mylae in the First Punic War.
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260 BCERome builds a fleet of 120 ships in just 60 days to fight the First Punic War.
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258 BCERome wins a naval battle against Carthage at Sulcis during the First Punic War.
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256 BCERoman naval victory against Carthage off Ecnomus during the First Punic War.
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256 BCERome lands an army of four legions on African soil at Clupea during the First Punic War.
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256 BCERome wins a land battle south of Tunis during the First Punic War.
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255 BCE - 253 BCERoman fleets are wrecked by storms off Pachynus and Palinurus during the First Punic War.
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255 BCECarthage sues for peace during the First Punic War but the Roman consul Regulus' excessive demands are rejected.
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255 BCEA Carthaginain army led by the mercenary Spartan commander Xanthippus defeats two Roman legions near Tunis during the First Punic War.
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254 BCERomans capture Palermo during the First Punic War.
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Jun 250 BCEA Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal is defeated by Roman consul Metellus near Palermo in the First Punic War.
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249 BCECarthage defeats Rome in a naval battle at Drepanum during the First Punic War.
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249 BCEAntaros withdraws his support from Carthage.
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247 BCEHamilcar Barca raids southern Italy and then lands on Sicily during the First Punic War.
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244 BCEHamilcar Barca captures Eryx on Sicily during the First Punic War.
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242 BCEA Roman fleet besieges the Carthaginian stronghold of Drepana on Sicily during the First Punic War.
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241 BCERoman naval victory off the Aegates Islands leads to victory over Carthage, ending the First Punic War.