the Punic Wars

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• Punic Wars — The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC [Chris Scarre, The Wars with Carthage, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (London: Penguin Books, 1995), 24 25.] , and were probably the… …   Wikipedia

• Punic Wars — the three wars waged by Rome against Carthage, 264 241, 218 201, and 149 146 B.C., resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome. * * * or Carthaginian Wars Three wars (264–241 BC, 218–201, 149–146) between… …   Universalium

• Punic Wars — the three wars waged by Rome against Carthage, 264 241, 218 201, and 149 146 B.C., resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome …   Useful english dictionary

• Punic Wars — Pu′nic Wars′ n. pl. the three wars waged by Rome against Carthage, 264–241, 218–201, and 149–146 b.c., resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome …   From formal English to slang

• Punic Wars — /pjunɪk ˈwɔz/ (say pyoohnik wawz) plural noun the three wars waged by Rome against Carthage, 264–241, 218–201, and 149–146 BC, resulting in the overthrow and annexation of Carthage to Rome …  

• PUNIC WARS —    the name given to the wars between Rome and Carthage for the empire of the world, of date, the first from 264 to 241, the second from 218 to 201, and the third from 149 to 146 B.C., due all to transgressions on the one side or the other of… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Timeline of the Samnite Wars — The military campaigns of the Samnite Wars were an important stage in Roman expansion in the Italian Peninsula. Contents 1 Background 2 First Samnite War (343 341 BC) 3 Second Samnite War (326 304 BC) …   Wikipedia

• Chronology of the Samnite Wars — The military campaigns of the Samnite Wars were an important stage in Roman expansion in the Italian pensinsula.BackgroundThe Samnites were a group of hill tribes occupying the central Apennines. In the mid fourth century they began to expand… …   Wikipedia

• Punic — The Punics, (from Latin pūnicus meaning Phoenician) were a group of Western Semitic speaking peoples originating from Carthage in North Africa who traced their origins to a group of Phoenician and Cypriot settlers, but also to North African… …   Wikipedia

• Punic military forces — The military forces of the Punic people are all military forces from the State of Carthage in North Africa and troops of Punic ethnicity after the destruction of Carthage in the Third Punic War. The polis Carthage had subdued a large region in… …   Wikipedia

• The Scarlet Fig — (2005, The Rose Press) is the third and final novel of the Vergil Magus sequence by Avram Davidson. Following The Phoenix And The Mirror and Vergil In Averno, The Scarlet Fig follows Vergil s adventures in an alternate ancient Mediterranean world …   Wikipedia