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264 BCE - 241 BCEFirst Punic War. Carthage cedes Sicily to Rome.
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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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241 BCE - 238 BCEThe rebellion of the mercenaries: Unpaid mercenaries under the leadership of Mathos and Spendios rebel against Carthage. Despite a peace treaty, Rome seizes the opportunity to strip Carthage of Sardinia and Corsica.
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237 BCEHamilcar Barca arrives in southern Spain to expand Carthage's interests there. He makes his base at Gades and founds Acra Leuce.
