A while ago, we dedicated an article to the long siege that the Romans subjected Lilybaeum to, the last Carthaginian stronghold in Sicily. We then pointed out that this episode, which determined ...

First Punic War 264-241 BCE (23 years) Second Punic War 218-201 BCE (17 Years) ... Carthage lost territories, and by the start of the third war was virtually a vassal state of Rome.

Naval archaeologists think they've found the only example of armor from Carthage to survive the destruction of the city-state by Rome in 146BC. The helmet, recovered from the site of the Battle of ...

Anchors from Punic Wars 2,000 years ago found off Sicily. ... Rome captured the small Mediterranean island in the First Punic War in 255 B.C., but lost it a year later.

This real-time strategy game will let you relive the famed Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage. Get the details here. By Jason Ocampo on February 18, 2004 at 10:26AM PST ...

The Battle of the Aegates Islands, fought northwest of the island of Levanzo in 241 BC, marked the end of the First Punic War. The rostrum is covered with marine concretions, so it is not yet known if ...

The legend of Carthaginian general Hannibal—famed for leading some 30,000 soldiers and 37 elephants across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic War—had to start somewhere. And now ...