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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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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.
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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.
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229 BCEHasdrubal takes command of Carthage's armies in Spain.
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226 BCEHasdrubal signs an agreement with Rome not to cross the Ebro river in Spain.
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221 BCEHannibal takes command of Carthage's armies in Spain.
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219 BCEHannibal crosses the Ebro river in Spain and sacks the city of Saguntum, Rome's ally, sparking off the Second Punic War.
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218 BCE - 201 BCESecond Punic War.
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Mar 218 BCERome declares war on Carthage after Hannibal sacks Saguntum in Spain. The Second Punic War begins.
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Apr 218 BCE - May 218 BCEHannibal leaves Spain to cross the Pyrenees and Alps into Italy.
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Nov 218 BCEHannibal wins the battle of Ticinus.
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Dec 218 BCEHannibal wins the battle of Trebia.
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Jun 217 BCEHannibal wins the battle of Lake Trasimene.
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216 BCEMarcus Claudius Marcellus successfully defends Nola against attack from Hannibal during the Second Punic War.
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216 BCE"Hannibal ante portas." Hannibal directly threatens the city of Rome, but cannot advance due to lack of supplies and reinforcements.
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Aug 216 BCEHannibal wins the battle of Cannae, the worst defeat in Roman history.
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215 BCEA Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal is defeated at the battle of Ibera in Spain.
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214 BCESyracuse joins the side of Carthage in the Second Punic War.
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213 BCE - 212 BCERoman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus lays seige to and ultimately sacks Syracuse.
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212 BCEA Carthaginian army is defeated in Sicily by a Roman army led by Marcellus. Syracuse falls to Rome who now control the island.
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211 BCEMarcus Claudius Marcellus is given a triumph for his capture of Syracuse and victories in Sicily.
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211 BCEScipio Africanus lands an army for the second time at Empuries in northeastern Spain during the Second Punic War.
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211 BCEA Carthaginian army defeats two Roman consuls and their armies in the Tader valley, Spain.
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210 BCE - 207 BCEScipio Africanus conquers Spain for Rome.
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209 BCETarentum comes under Roman control during the Second Punic War.
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209 BCEScipio Africanus captures the Carthaginian base and treasury Carthago Nova in southern Spain.
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208 BCERoman commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus is killed in an ambush in Venusia, southern Italy.
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208 BCEScipio Africanus defeats a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal at Baecula in Spain.
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207 BCEHannibal, harassed by Roman forces, is reduced to controlling only Bruttium in southern Italy.
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c. 22 Jun 207 BCERome defeats a Carthaginian army at the battle of Metaurus.
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206 BCE - 205 BCEThe Romans conquer Gades. End of the Carthaginian presence on the Iberian Peninsula.
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206 BCEScipio Africanus wins the battle of Ilipa in Spain.
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204 BCE - 203 BCEScipio Africanus wins two battles and besieges Utica in North Africa.
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204 BCEScipio Africanus sails to North Africa in the Second Punic War.
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203 BCECarthaginian commander Mago is unable to join forces with Hannibal and his army is defeated in Cisalpine Gaul.
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203 BCEScipio Africanus attacks the two camps of Syphax and Gisgo in North Africa and destroys their armies.
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203 BCEScipio Africanus defeats a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal in North Africa.
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203 BCEHannibal is recalled from Italy to defend Carthage against Scipio Africanus.
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19 Oct 202 BCEBattle of Zama: Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War.
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150 BCEA Carthaginian army attacks Numidia, breaking the peace treaty agreed with Rome and sparking the Third Punic War.
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149 BCE - 146 BCEThird Punic War.
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149 BCERome sends an army of 80,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry to attack Carthage.
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148 BCEThe Roman siege of Carthage, in its second year, remains unsuccessful.
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147 BCEScipio Africanus the Younger takes over command of the siege of Carthage and builds a mole to block its harbour.
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146 BCEScipio Africanus the Younger sacks Carthage and enslaves its population.