Punic Wars

plural noun

1. the three wars waged by Rome against Carthage, 264–241, 218–201, and 149–146 b.c., resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome.

Punic Wars

plural noun

1. three wars (264–241 bc , 218–201 bc , and 149–146 bc ), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself

Punic Wars

1. Three wars between ancient Carthage and Rome in the third and second centuries b.c. Hannibal led the forces of Carthage in the second Punic War. Carthage was destroyed after the third Punic War.

Example Sentences

Foreign-policy experts rush to compare Libya to Bosnia, the Punic Wars, Iraq, Kosovo, Thermopylae, and so forth.

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Itit would have been a tragedy based upon several 133 of the main incidents in the Punic Wars.

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Naevius, a little later, retained the same metre for his epic upon the Punic Wars.

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The period between the kings and the Punic Wars was probably omitted by Cato through want of authorities.

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The coins which it issued (probably during the Punic Wars), are remarkable.

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This assembly was reorganized some time before the Punic Wars.

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