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The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for supremacy, primarily in Italy and Iberia, but also on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and, towards the end of the war, in North Africa.
Mahdist War: 1881: 1899: 18 years Second Punic War: 218 BC: 201 BC: 17 years War in Darfur: 26 February 2003: 31 August 2020: 17 years, 6 months and 5 days Ethiopian Civil War: 12 September 1974: 4 June 1991: 16 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days First Sudanese Civil War: 18 August 1955: 27 March 1972: 16 years, 7 months, 1 week and 2 days
The end of the war sparked a major but eventually unsuccessful revolt within Carthaginian territory known as the Mercenary War. The Second Punic War began in 218 BC and witnessed the Carthaginian general Hannibal's crossing of the Alps and invasion of mainland Italy. This expedition enjoyed considerable early success and campaigned in Italy for ...
220–219 BCE Second Illyrian War [2] [further explanation needed] Second Punic War (218–201 BCE) [2] 218 BC – Battle of Lilybaeum – First naval clash between the navies of Carthage and Rome during the Second Punic War; Roman victory. Battle of Cissa – Romans defeat Carthaginians near Tarraco and gain control of the territory north of ...
Punic Wars: Roman Republic: Carthage: 264 BC 241 BC First Punic War Part of the Punic Wars: Roman Republic: Ancient Carthage: 260 BC 255 BC Second Syrian War Part of the Syrian Wars: Antigonid Macedonia: Ptolemaic Egypt: 245 BC 241 BC Third Syrian War Part of the Syrian Wars: Ptolemaic Kingdom: Seleucid Empire: 240 BC 238 BC Mercenary War ...
First Macedonian War: Rome and Macedonia signed the Treaty of Phoenice, according to which Macedonia renounced its alliance with Carthage in exchange for Roman recognition of its gains in Illyria. 204 BC: Second Punic War: The consul Scipio Africanus landed an invasion fleet at Utica. 202 BC: 19 October
This is an incomplete list of battles of the Second Punic War, showing the battles on the Italian peninsula and some in Africa, in Sicily and Hispania. List 218 BC ...
264 - 241 BC - First Punic War; 220 BC - Via Flaminia is constructed. 218 - 202 BC - Second Punic War; 168 BC - The Romans have a great victory in the Macedonian War, conquering Greece. 149 - 146 BC - The Third Punic War; 133 BC - 120 BC - The Gracchi brothers are controversially killed. 71 BC - Spartacus is killed and his rebel army destroyed.