WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The First Punic War was fought to establish control over the strategic islands of Corsica and Sicily. In 264 the Carthaginians intervened in a dispute between the two principal cities on the Sicilian east coast, Messana and Syracuse, and so established a presence on the island.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage due to conflicts rising from Rome’s increasing expansion. This first war, started in 264, was fought to establish control over Corsica and Sicily, which led to Carthage surrendering in 240.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Punic Wars were a series of three conflicts involving the Roman Republic and the Empire of Carthage from 264 BCE until 146 BCE. For over a century the Romans and the Carthaginians jostled to control the seas and the lands of the Italian peninsula, Sicily, northern Africa and the southern lands of Spain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Three Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage mark the end of the Carthaginian (Punic) Empire and leave the Roman Republic dominant in the Mediterranean.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Punic Wars, also known as the Carthage Wars (264–146 BC), are a series of three military conflicts between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire that led to the destruction of Carthage, the enslavement of its population, and the transformation of Rome into the superpower of the Ancient World.