| A | B |
| Regulus | Roman consul, attacked Africa |
| Xanthippus | Spartan general, helps Carthage |
| Mercenaries | Hired warriors |
| Corvus | 'crow' - Roman gangplank |
| Sicily | Island close to Italy |
| Syracuse | Greek city-state in Sicily |
| Hamilcar Barca | Carthaginian Commander |
| 23 years | timespan of the War |
| Corsica & Sardinia | Islands seized by the Romans as part of treaty |
| Punica | Phoenicians in Latin |
| Publius Claudius Pulcher | threw the sacred chickens in the water |
| Carthaginians | who Rome was fighting for control of Sicily |
| Romans | had to build a navy for the 1st Punic War |
| Dido | legendary founder of Carthage |