A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

What was the result of the Punic Wars?

Best Answers

Well the first punic war was mostly over Sicily and was fought with mostly mercenaries (Carthage). Afterward the first war, Sicily was directly under Roman control, and Carthage could not pay back the mercenaries. As a result they had to disband the mercenaries. read more

Three Punic Wars were fought over a period of one hundred and twenty years between Rome and its Carthaginian rival for domination of the Western Mediterranean. In the first of these Wars the Romans invaded Sicily (a region which was within the Carthaginian sphere of influence). read more

The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus), meaning "Carthaginian", with reference to the Carthaginians' Phoenician ancestry. The main cause of the Punic Wars was the conflicts of interest between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. read more

The result of the Punic wars--there were three of them--was the total defeat of Carthage and Rome being the dominant power of the western Mediterranean. read more

Encyclopedia Research

Wikipedia:

Related Types