The Fist Punic War, the first war between Carthage and Rome. was acontest over the control of Sicily. Rome sent an army in easternSicily to help some mercenaries who had taken over the city ofMessana, on the strait between Sicily and the mainland. She forcedthe city of Syracuse, the most powerful of the Greek city-states inthe east and south of the island to become a Roman ally. Carthagewas worried about the security of her ports in western Sicily andmobilised for war.
The Second Punic War involved an invasion of Italy by Hannibal, whowanted revenge for the Romans seizing the islands of Sardinia andCorsica soon after the first war.
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The Second Punic War involved an invasion of Italy by Hannibal, whowanted revenge for the Romans seizing the islands of Sardinia andCorsica soon after the first war.
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The Third Punic War was fought because the Romans wanted to destroyCarthage to eliminate her as a threat to Rome.
