series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC, at the time probably the largest wars that had ever taken place
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 264 BCE — 146 BCE; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 264 BCE
Battle of Messana ↗
Source · Q2478491 - 264 BCE — 241 BCE
First Punic War
On the map ↗ Source · Q6286 - 261 BCE
Battle of Agrigentum
On the map ↗ Source · Q917376 - 260 BCE
Battle of the Lipari Islands ↗
Source · Q1432659 - 260s BCE
Siege of Mytistraton ↗
Source · Q16683525 - 260 BCE
Battle of Mylae
On the map ↗ Source · Q277345 - 258 BCE
Battle of Sulci ↗
Source · Q1886703 - 257 BCE
Battle of Tyndaris ↗
Source · Q1355206 - 256 BCE
Battle of Cape Ecnomus
On the map ↗ Source · Q6881 - 255 BCE
Battle of Bagradas ↗
Source · Q6891 - 255 BCE
Siege of Aspis ↗
Source · Q815118 - 255 BCE
Battle of Adys ↗
Source · Q963839 - 251 BCE
Battle of Panormus ↗
Source · Q1476126 - 250 BCE — 241 BCE
Siege of Lilybaeum ↗
Source · Q2263273 - 249 BCE — 241 BCE
Battle of Mount Erice ↗
Source · Q379280 - 249 BCE
Battle of Drepana ↗
Source · Q590014 - 249 BCE — 241 BCE
Siege of Drepana ↗
Source · Q7509983 - 244 BCE — 241 BCE
The Fighting at Mount Eryx
On the map ↗ Source · Q141254225 - 243 BCE
Second Battle of Drepana ↗
Source · Q233366 - 241 BCE
Battle of the Aegates Islands
On the map ↗ Source · Q1134649 - 218 BCE
Battle of Lilybaeum ↗
Source · Q113317 - 218 BCE
Battle of Cissa ↗
Source · Q1500211 - 218 BCE
Siege of Mutina ↗
Source · Q26518412 - 218 BCE — 205 BCE
Roman conquest of Hispania during the Second Punic War ↗
Source · Q28670084 - 218 BCE — 201 BCE
Second Punic War
On the map ↗ Source · Q6271 - September 218 BCE
Battle of Rhone Crossing
On the map ↗ Source · Q870783 - November 218 BCE
Battle of Ticinus
On the map ↗ Source · Q378957 - December 218 BCE
Battle of the Trebia
On the map ↗ Source · Q271873 - 217 BCE
Battle of Geronium ↗
Source · Q1974201 - 217 BCE
Battle of Ebro River ↗
Source · Q2286942 - 217 BCE
Battle of Plaisance ↗
Source · Q2889620 - 217 BCE
Battle of Ager Falernus ↗
Source · Q999235 - 21 June 217 BCE
Battle of Lake Trasimene
On the map ↗ Source · Q207250 - 216 BCE
Siege of Acerra ↗
Source · Q130534948 - 216 BCE — 215 BCE
Siege of Petelia ↗
Source · Q18286332 - 216 BCE
Battle of Silva Litana ↗
Source · Q3636293 - 216 BCE
Battle of Nola ↗
Source · Q925828 - 2 August 216 BCE
Battle of Cannae
On the map ↗ Source · Q179591 - 215 BCE
Battle of Cumae ↗
Source · Q17622605 - 215 BCE
Battle of Dertosa ↗
Source · Q1788933 - 215 BCE
Battle of Cornus ↗
Source · Q2095240 - August 215 BCE
Battle of Nola ↗
Source · Q233402 - 214 BCE
Battle of Beneventum ↗
Source · Q1362016 - 214 BCE
Battle of Munda ↗
Source · Q18649505 - 214 BCE — 212 BCE
Siege of Syracuse
On the map ↗ Source · Q533090 - 214 BCE
Battle of Nola ↗
Source · Q913464 - 213 BCE
Siege of Arpi ↗
Source · Q20008151 - 212 BCE
Battle of the Silarus ↗
Source · Q1362014 - 212 BCE
First Battle of Tarentum ↗
Source · Q1362023 - 212 BCE
Battle of Herdonia ↗
Source · Q1362035 - 212 BCE — 211 BCE
Siege of Capua ↗
Source · Q20107791 - 212 BCE
Second Battle of Beneventum ↗
Source · Q233363 - 212 BCE
Battle of Beneventum ↗
Source · Q2586793 - 212 BCE
Battle of Capua ↗
Source · Q427853 - March 212 BCE
Battle of Tarentum ↗
Source · Q2632522 - 211 BCE
Battle of the Upper Baetis
On the map ↗ Source · Q1458235 - 211 BCE
Battle of Capua ↗
Source · Q233373 - 210 BCE
Battle of Numistro ↗
Source · Q1184835 - 210 BCE
Battle of Castulo ↗
Source · Q15622355 - 210 BCE
Battle of Sapriportis ↗
Source · Q21234831 - 210 BCE
Battle of Herdonia
On the map ↗ Source · Q233386 - 209 BCE
Battle of New Carthage
On the map ↗ Source · Q1591145 - 209 BCE
Second Battle of Tarentum ↗
Source · Q233406 - 209 BCE
Battle of Tarentum ↗
Source · Q2632506 - 209 BCE
Siege of Baria ↗
Source · Q62807057 - 209 BCE
Battle of Canusium
On the map ↗ Source · Q778730 - 208 BCE
Battle of Petelia ↗
Source · Q11688220 - 208 BCE
Battle of Baecula
On the map ↗ Source · Q728550 - 207 BCE
Battle of Grumentum ↗
Source · Q1500202 - 207 BCE
Battle of Carmona ↗
Source · Q4870658 - 207 BCE
Battle of the Metaurus
On the map ↗ Source · Q848056 - 206 BCE
Battle of Ilipa
On the map ↗ Source · Q1055755 - 206 BCE
Battle of Cartagena ↗
Source · Q20102510 - 206 BCE
Battle of Iliturgi ↗
Source · Q21152928 - 206 BCE
Battle of Carteia ↗
Source · Q3822130 - 206 BCE
Battle of Carteia ↗
Source · Q3822486 - 204 BCE
Battle of Crotona ↗
Source · Q1474647 - 204 BCE
Siege of Utica ↗
Source · Q4872636 - 203 BCE
Battle of the Great Plains ↗
Source · Q1353773 - 203 BCE
Battle of Cirta ↗
Source · Q1660792 - 203 BCE
Battle of Utica ↗
Source · Q2888065 - 203 BCE
Po Valley Raid ↗
Source · Q2979703 - 19 October 202 BCE
Battle of Zama
On the map ↗ Source · Q200056 - 149 BCE
Battle of Lake Tunis ↗
Source · Q20011035 - 149 BCE — 146 BCE
Third Punic War
On the map ↗ Source · Q6334 - 149 BCE — 146 BCE
Siege of Carthage ↗
Source · Q815160 - 149 BCE
First Battle of Nepheris ↗
Source · Q9173324 - 27 July 149 BCE
Battle of Lake Tunis ↗
Source · Q27863955 - 147 BCE
Battle of the Port of Carthage ↗
Source · Q4872996 - 147 BCE
Second Battle of Nepheris ↗
Source · Q7443103
Provenance and limits
An absent event does not mean it never happened. The available dates, participants and locations depend on the coverage of open sources.
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