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First Punic War
Test your knowledge of the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage
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| Regulus | Roman consul, attacked Africa |
| Xanthippus | Spartan general |
| Mylae | Roman victory |
| Agathocles | Tyrant of Syracuse, hired the Mamertines, his daughter married King Pyrrhus |
| Mamertines | "Sons of Mars" |
| Mercenaries | Hired warriors |
| Corvus | Roman gangplank |
| Sicily | Island close to Italy |
| Syracuse | Greek city-state |
| Legions | Roman armies |
| Hieron II | Syracusian king, attacked the Mamertines |
| Messana | Taken over by Mamertines |
| Lilybaeum | Carthaginian city on Sicily |
| Hamilcar Barca | Carthaginian General |
| Quinquireme | Ancient battleship |
| 264-241 BC | timespan of the War |
| Elephants | Used effectively by Xanthippus |
| Corsica & Sardinia | Seized by the Romans |
| Rome and Syracuse | Allies during conflict |
| Decimation | Effect of the war on Sicily |
| Mercenary War | Fought in 240 BC |
| Cape Ecnomus | Largest naval battle in history |
| Punic | Purple in Latin |
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