The First Punic War (264-241 BCE)

From the beginning the first Ponge war (BC 264 - 241), human beings fought a war with his neighbors, his friends and his enemies. Often these wars are caused by power shortage countries that have expanded the empire and eventually take the toes of another alpinate country or a superpowder ally. In the case of the first Punic war between Rome and Carthage, Carthagin was expanding its empire, and they stepped into the toes of Rome. The winner was still unclear during the war, but sometimes the victories on both sides appeared to stand out until Rome finally won.

Carthage attacked Rome, but Rome won. In Primary Poeni War (264 - 241 BC), Rome acquired Sicilia, Sardinia, Corsica which was part of the Cartago Empire (see map). In the Second Poeni War (218 - 202 BC), Rome dominated the entire Western Mediterranean Sea. This is the most famous Punic war, where General Carnagie Hannibal invaded the Alps with a "Heavy Armor" elephant. In the 3 rd Poeni war of 146 BC, Rome invaded Carthage and destroyed and salted their fields, so nothing grew again. In the same year, Rome beat Corinth, the capital of the Greek federation to confirm the rise of Greek cities. In 133 BC, it defeated Pergamon, the Greek kingdom of Asia Minor to strengthen its power all over the Mediterranean (see map)

The Republic stand out from the monarchy in 509 BC. At that time, the last of the three Etruscan kings, Tarquinius Superbus ("Tarquin the Proud") was overthrown. The word "Republic" comes from Latin

Remember: Between 264 BC and AD 146, the Romans and their rival Cartago carried out a series of three wars. These wars are collectively called the Poeni war. The first Poeni war was owned by Sicily. Before the Romans finally won, it was extended for 24 years. Rome became Sicily and Carthage paid a huge fine. The second concealed war was a threat to the power of Rome. Carthagin began to colonize Spain and Rome declared war. General Carthagh Hannibal marched his army from Spain to Italy and wasted in the Italian countryside for 16 years. Rome won the war under the guidance of Scipio Africanus and brought it to Africa. Rome dominated the western Mediterranean, Carthagin lost almost all of its territory, and received another fine. The 3 rd Poeni war ended Carthage. After the siege of three years, Rome incinerated Carthage.

Along with the expansion of Rome, Greece began to decline. The West Mediterranean Sea was not affected by Alexander the Great. After the first and second Punic Wars (BC 264 - 241 and 218 - 21 1 BC), Rome neutralized Carthage and controlled Syracuse (the two major cities of the West Mediterranean) in Macedonia The conquest of the monarchy's century continued to expand BCE, followed by Spain, France and the UK. Paradoxically, Rome has advantages for expansion and military affairs, but the impact on Greek's cultural life is not important. On the contrary, the impact on Greek Roman culture has been widespread and sustained. The Roman gods were identified as Olympia gods and attracted the majority of Romans educated by Greek art, literature, architecture, philosophy and even language. Rome is better than Greece in constructing roads, achieving social cohesion, and developing effective institution laws and regulations and military tactics.