Question: who led the romans in the first punic war
Answer: Date 264 -- 241 BC ( 23 years ) Location Mediterranean Sea , Sicily , North Africa , Italy , Sardinia Result Roman victory Territorial changes Roman annexation of Sicily ( Except for the Kingdom of Syracuse ) Belligerents Roman Republic Carthage Syracuse Commanders and leaders Marcus Atilius Regulus ( POW ) Gaius Lutatius Catulus Gaius Duilius Hamilcar Barca Hanno the Great Hasdrubal the Fair Xanthippus Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties and losses 700 quinqueremes 400,000 dead , including 50,000 Roman citizens 500 quinqueremes , 350,000 dead