How many people died due to the Punic Wars?

Delenda est Carthago… The Punic Wars lasted 33 years in total but took the lives of around 450,000 Roman soldiers (and perhaps 200,000 citizens more due to famine) and almost 700,000 Carthaginians. read more

All in all, they were really costly wars (although Caesar probably killed around 1,000,000 people due to the civil wars) First Punic War (264–241 BCE): From the descriptions of Polybius and Livy, estimations are 150,000 Roman and 120,000 Carthaginians (First Punic War). read more

Revolt of 115-116 CE: 220,000 people k. in Cyrene and 240,000 k. in Cyprus; Revolt of 132 CE: 580,000 k. [TOTAL: Adding gives a total of 1,920,000 ± 300,000 k. in the Jewish Wars according to ancient sources] Most historians assume that Palestine simply couldn't support a population large enough to produce death tolls as large as these. read more