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How did the Punic Wars go and how did they end?

In the III-II centuries. BC e. Rome waged constant wars for dominance over the Mediterranean Sea with the North African city-state of Carthage (the state of the Punians), founded by the Phoenicians.

The First Punic War (264-241 BC) ended with the conquest of Sicily by the Romans and its transformation into a Roman province. The second (218-201 BC) began with the invasion of the troops of the Carthaginian commander Hannibal on the Apennine Peninsula. The army of Carthage was defeated. Polis lost political sovereignty. The third, last war (149-146 BC) ended with the complete destruction of Carthage. The surviving inhabitants of the city were turned into slaves.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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