First Punic war [264-241BC]
The First Punic War (264-241 BC) was the first of a total of three Punic wars fought between Carthage and the Republic of Rome. For 23 years, these two powers have struggled to dominate the western Mediterranean. Carthage, located in North Africa, was the dominant naval power in the Mediterranean at the beginning of the war. But it was Rome, who eventually achieved victory.
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When the entire Apennine Peninsula came under Roman rule, the spheres of interest of Rome and Carthage intersected, dominating virtually the entire western Mediterranean and the adjacent coast. The power struggle of these two ancient state units lasted over a hundred years, during which there were three wars called Punic wars. The story of the first of them begins with the Mamertins, a rather strange group of Sicilians who had nothing to do with Rome or Carthage - except that they dragged these powers into a protracted war.
Fighting in Sicily ( 264 BC - 261 BC )
War at Sea (260 BC - 257 BC)
Fighting in Africa (256 BC - 255 BC)
Fighting in Sicily (254 BC - 249 BC)
The last phase of the fighting (248 BC - 241 BC)
Consequences of war, conclusion.
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