Major conflict264 BCE – 241 BCE · 23 years
First Punic War
Sicily · Mediterranean · North Africa
Estimated casualties
300K – 500Kestimated dead
HEADLINE400K — the single figure used on the map
Rome vs. Carthage 264-241 BC. Naval and land campaign casualties.
SOURCEWikipedia: First Punic War
The first major war over control of Sicily between Rome and Carthage, ending with Roman naval supremacy.
Belligerents2
- Rome
- Carthage
ON THE MAPRoman RepublicCarthaginian Empire
Conflict graph
PART OFPunic Wars
SUB-CONFLICTS · 9
- Battle of Messana264 BCE
- Battle of Lipara260 BCE
- Battle of Mylae260 BCE
- Battle of Ecnomus256 BCE
- Battle of Hermaeum255 BCE
- Battle of Tunis255 BCE
- Battle of Panormus, Sicily251 BCE
- Battle of Drepanum249 BCE
- Battle of Aegates Islands241 BCE
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: First Punic War (264 BCE – 241 BCE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/first-punic-war · Sources & methodology