First Punic War

Time span of the conflict

• 264-241 BC

• 218-201 BC

• 149-146 BC

• AD 241-246

People from the Middle East, who settled in Carthage

• Phoenicians

• Minoans

• Egyptians

• Greeks

Princess from Tyre

• Dido

• Hamilcar Barca

• Diana

• Pu-Abi

What King Pyrrhus of Epirus predicted about Sicily

• "Oh what a battlefield I leave for Rome and Carthage."

• "Xanthippus, the Spartan is a great warrior."

• "The Mamertines are ruthless mercenaries".

• "Hamilcar Barca never lost a battle."

A hired soldier, fights for money, not country

• Mercenary

• Recruit

• Citizen soldier

• Corvus

A group of Italian mercenary fighters once hired by the king of Syracuse

• the Mamertines

• Spartans hoplites

• Phoenicians

• Numidian cavalry

Body of water that separates Italy from Sicily

• Strait of Messina

• The Hellespont

• Aegean Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

Island where most of the fighting took place, either on land or sea

• Sicily

• Crete

• Ithaca

• Hawaii

A type of bridge, at the front of a ship, that could be moved in all directions. Used by the Romans.

• The corvus

• Aqueduct

• Pontoon

• Dido

Why Rome entered the conflict

• Helping the Mamertines on Sicily

• Helping the Greeks at Syracuse

• Helping the Carthaginians on Sicily

• To test their new fleet of warships