May 26, 2016 · The First Punic War (264-241 BCE) was fought between Carthage and Rome largely over control of Sicily.The war was fought on the island, at sea, and in north Africa.Both sides enjoyed victories and suffered near-catastrophic defeats. The Romans, with seemingly inexhaustible resources, adapted to the necessities of naval warfare and eventually won.. After …

This is a timeline of Roman history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Roman Kingdom and Republic and the Roman and Byzantine Empires.To read about the background of these events, see Ancient Rome and History of the Byzantine Empire.. Following tradition, this timeline marks the deposition of Romulus Augustulus and the …

Roman-Sabine wars; War with the Volsci; War with Gabii; War with the Rutuli; Roman-Etruscan wars. 509 BC – Battle of Silva Arsia – The Romans defeated the forces of Tarquinii and Veii led by the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus.One of the Roman consuls, Lucius Junius Brutus, is killed in battle. 508 BC – War with Clusium – King Lars Porsena of Clusium besieges …

Apr 18, 2018 · First Punic War (264-241 BCE); Second Punic War (218-201 BCE); Third Punic War (149-146 BCE); Rome won all three of these wars, allowing the Romans to dominate the Mediterranean region which had previously been controlled by Carthage. Prior to the conflict, Carthage had grown from a small port-of-call to the richest and most powerful city in the …

Jun 29, 2018 · Rome fought three wars against the great North African city of Carthage. These are known as the Punic Wars, from the Latin name for Carthaginians, Poeni. The First Punic War (264–241 BC) was fought over control of the island of Sicily, and …

Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD centred on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known as the Greco-Roman world.It is the period in which both Greek and Roman societies flourished and …

Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world.. The city developed from a Canaanite Phoenician colony into the capital of a Punic empire which dominated large parts …

In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire.. Ancient Rome began as …

216 BCE Battle of Cannae - Rome defeated in major battle in the second Punic War; 207 BCE: Kingdom of Nanyue extends from Guangzhou to North Việt Nam . 206 BCE: Han dynasty established in China, after the death of Qin Shi Huang; China in this period officially becomes a Confucian state and opens trading connections with the West, i.e. the ...

Punic Wars. The Punic Wars were a series of wars between the Carthaginians and the Roman Republic that would catalyze the growth of the Roman territorial holdings as well as shape the ancient world for centuries to come. Fought between the 3rd century BC and the 2nd century BC during the height of the Hellenistic Period, the Punic Wars saw the clash between the two …