Punic Wars

History -- Military History -- War The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and the Phoenician city of Carthage. They are known as the Punic Wars because Rome's name for Carthaginians was Punici (older Poenici).\n*The First Punic War was primarily a naval war fought between 264 BC and 241 BC.\n*The Second Punic War is famous for Hannibal's crossing of the Alps and was fought between 218 BC and 202 BC.\n*The Third Punic War resulted in the destruction of Carthage and was fought between 149 BC and 146 BC. {| border="2" align="center"\n|-\n|width="30%" align="center"|Preceded by:
Samnite Wars\n|width="40%" align="center"|Wars in history
Punic Wars
264 BC - 146 BC\n|width="30%" align="center"|Followed by:
Macedonian Wars\n|} Category:Roman wars\n \n \n\n