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257 BC – Battle of Tyndaris – Naval victory of Rome over Carthage in Sicilian waters. 256 BC – Battle of Cape Ecnomus – A Carthaginian fleet under Hamilcar and Hanno is defeated in an attempt to stop a Roman invasion of Africa by Marcus Atilius Regulus. Battle of Adys – Romans under Regulus defeat the Carthaginians in North Africa
He was defeated in the battle of Zama in 202 BC and Carthage sued for peace. A treaty was agreed in 201 BC which stripped Carthage of its overseas territories and some of its African ones, imposed a large indemnity, severely restricted the size of its armed forces, and prohibited Carthage from waging war without Rome's express permission. This ...
The Battle of Cannae (/ ˈ k æ n i,-eɪ,-aɪ /; [c] Latin: [ˈkanːae̯]) was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought on 2 August 216 BC near the ancient village of Cannae in Apulia, southeast Italy.
The Romans met them in pitched battle at the Battle of the Allia [52] [53] around 390–387 BC. The Gauls, under their chieftain Brennus, defeated the Roman army of around 15,000 troops [52] and proceeded to pursue the fleeing Romans back to Rome itself and partially sacked the town [55] [56] before being either driven off [53] [57] [58] or ...
The siege of Carthage was the main engagement of the Third Punic War fought between Carthage and Rome. It consisted of the nearly three-year siege of the Carthaginian capital, Carthage (a little northeast of Tunis). In 149 BC, a large Roman army landed at Utica in North Africa.
The First Punic War was fought from 264 to 241 BC between Carthage and Rome: these two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC struggled for supremacy primarily on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and its surrounding waters and in North Africa. [1] The war lasted for 23 years until the Carthaginians were defeated.
Capture of Carthage (439) Vandal conquest of Roman Africa; Battle of Carthage (238) Battle of Châlons (274) Battle of the Catalaunian Plains; Chronology of warfare between the Romans and Germanic peoples; Battle of Chrysopolis; Battle of Cibalae; Battle of Constantinople (378) Battle of Corsica; Battle of Ctesiphon (165) Battle of Ctesiphon ...
Battle of Carthage (238), in the revolt of Gordian II against the Roman emperor Maximinus Thrax; Battle of Carthage (439), Carthage was captured by the Vandals from the Western Roman Empire on 19 October 439; Battle of Carthage (533), also known as the Battle of Ad Decimum, between the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire; Battle of Carthage (536 ...