First Punic war
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 How did romans come into contact with the city of carthage in the first palce | The romans conquered some of South Italy greek city states. These were part of the land that Carhtage controlled |
| Why were the clashes between the roman's and carthaginians called the punic wars | Punic comes from the latin word ponica meaning carthaginian with references to carthage's phoenician ancestry |
| Why did the first punic war start | They fought in 264 BCE over the island of sicily's wheat. (rome fealt threatened by carthage) |
| When did the first Punic war take place | 264-241 BCE 23 years long |
| At the beginning of the first punic war where did carthage have military strength and rome's | Carthage: navy Rome: army |
| how did the romans build a navy | they built a ship by using the design of an abandoned carthaginian ship |
| What effect did the corvus have | It was a portable bridge used to board ships made sea war land war. |
| Who won the first war | Rome |
| what did rome gain | Made peace on sicily rome got sicily |
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