[DOC] [TLE] Punic Wars - Wikipedia [PAR] The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage 
from 264 BC ... With the end of the Macedonian Wars  which ran concurrently 
with the ... The First Punic War (264241 BC) was fought partly on land in Sicily 
and ... In 260 BC they defeated the fledgling Roman navy at the Battle of the 
Lipari... [DOC] [TLE] First Punic War - Wikipedia [PAR] The First Punic War (264 to 241 BC) was the first of three wars fought between 
Ancient Carthage and the ... The First Punic War ended with a treaty between 
Rome and Carthage, but years of bloodshed were to follow ..... Sicily became 
irrelevant following the Roman naval victory at the Battle of the Aegates Islands in 
241 BC,... [DOC] [TLE] Punic Wars - Ancient History - HISTORY.com [PAR] The Battle of Zama during the Second Punic War. ... The First Punic War broke 
out in 264 B.C. when Rome interfered in a dispute on the Carthaginian-controlled 
island of Sicily; the war ended with Rome in control of both Sicily ... just north of 
modern-day Tunis, around 814 B.C. (The word Punic, later the name for the 
series... [DOC] [TLE] Punic Wars - Crystalinks [PAR] The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily (which at that time 
was a ... The Roman victories over Carthage in these wars gave Rome a 
preeminent status it .... the Roman naval victory at the battle of the Aegates 
Islands in 241 BC. ... Rome won the First Punic War after 23 years of conflict and 
in the end... [DOC] [TLE] The Punic Wars (264-241, 218-202, 149-146 B.C.) - The Latin Library [PAR] The first two wars were long23 years and 17 years, separated by an interval of 
23 years. ... It started 52 years after the end of the second war. ... Final victory 
came on March 10, 241, in a naval battle off the west coast of Sicily. ... In the 
years after the war it became evident to Carthage that Rome was determined to 
control... [DOC] [TLE] Carthage - The Roman Empire [PAR] But the annihilation which befell Carthage after its final defeat by Rome makes it 
... Some of these dates are naturally disputed, as the evidence from such early ... 
in Sicily, which in 409 BC ended in the utter destruction of the city of Selinus, ally 
of ..... In 259 BC a general named Hamilcar defeating the Roman in battle near to
... [DOC] [TLE] First Punic War, 264-241 BC [PAR] First Punic War, 264-241 BC, long and costly struggle between Rome and 
Carthage that ended with victory for Rome. ... Rome Carthage Outbreak of War 
Sicily Africa War at Sea Conclusion .... After winning a naval battle at Ecnomus, 
the consuls landed near Aspis, captured the city, and launched raids across the 
fertile... [DOC] [TLE] THE PUNIC WARS - History World [PAR] THE PUNIC WARS including First Punic War, First Roman navy, Sicily, ... The 
three wars between Rome and Carthage span more than a century (264-146 BC)
. ... Greek colonies at its eastern end and Carthaginian settlements in the west. ... 
But the conflict soon escalates into a straight clash between Rome and Carthage. [DOC] [TLE] The First Punic War (B.C. 264-241) - Forum Romanum [PAR] Carthage and Rome, I.Operations of the First Punic War, II. ... But when Rome 
ventured to cross the Sicilian Strait, she was drawn into a struggle which was not 
ended ... Carthage had a more powerful navy, but Rome had a more efficient 
army. .... lying near Drepanum; but he was defeated with the loss of over ninety 
ships. [DOC] [TLE] Punic Wars - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Dec 20, 2011 ... Sicily lay partly under Carthaginian and partly under Roman control. ... Even 
though Rome had never had a navy before the First Punic War, they emerged in 
241 BCE as masters of the sea and Carthage was a defeated city. ... on her 
behalf and he had led most of these mercenaries in

Question: In 241 B.C. the first of these wars ended soon after Rome defeated Carthage in a naval battle off Sicily
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