Punic Wars 263 BC–145 BC
Roman Republic ⚔ Ancient Carthage
Key battles
- Battle of Messana (263 BC)
- Battle of Agrigentum (260 BC)
- Battle of Bagradas (254 BC)
- Battle of Adys (254 BC)
- Battle of Panormus (250 BC)
- Siege of Lilybaeum (249 BC)
- Battle of the Saw (237 BC)
- Siege of Saguntum (218 BC)
- Battle of the Trebia (217 BC)
- Battle of Ticinus (217 BC)
- Battle of Rhone Crossing (217 BC)
- Battle of Cissa (217 BC)
- Battle of Lake Trasimene (216 BC)
- Battle of Geronium (216 BC)
- Battle of Ager Falernus (216 BC)
- Battle of Cannae (215 BC)
- Battle of Nola (215 BC)
- Battle of Nola (214 BC)
- Battle of Dertosa (214 BC)
- Battle of Cornus (214 BC)
- Siege of Syracuse (213 BC)
- Battle of Nola (213 BC)
- Battle of Beneventum (213 BC)
- Battle of the Silarus (211 BC)
- Battle of Herdonia (211 BC)
- Battle of Capua (211 BC)
- Battle of the Upper Baetis (210 BC)
- Battle of Capua (210 BC)
- Battle of Herdonia (209 BC)
- Battle of Numistro (209 BC)
- Battle of New Carthage (208 BC)
- Battle of Canusium (208 BC)
- Battle of Baecula (207 BC)
- Battle of the Metaurus (206 BC)
- Battle of Grumentum (206 BC)
- Battle of Ilipa (205 BC)
- Battle of Crotona (203 BC)
- Battle of the Great Plains (202 BC)
- Battle of Utica (202 BC)
- Po Valley Raid (202 BC)
- Battle of Zama (201 BC)
- Siege of Carthage (148 BC)
Who lived through the Punic Wars
Well-known people alive during 263 BC–145 BC:
- Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC) — Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
- Qin Shi Huang (258 BC–209 BC) — first emperor of Qin Dynasty
- Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC) — Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE
- Hannibal (246 BC–182 BC) — Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
- Eratosthenes (275 BC–193 BC) — Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
- Cato the Elder (233 BC–148 BC) — Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
- Plautus (249 BC–183 BC) — Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)
- Terence (184 BC–158 BC) — Roman comic playwright (2nd cent. BC)
- Polybius (199 BC–119 BC) — ancient Greek historian
- Hipparchus (189 BC–119 BC) — 2nd century Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician
- Aristarchus of Samos (309 BC–229 BC) — Greek astronomer and mathematician (c.310–c.230 BC)
- Apollonius of Perga (261 BC–189 BC) — ancient Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections
- Scipio Africanus (234 BC–182 BC) — Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
- Han Fei (279 BC–232 BC) — Chinese Legalist, 280–233 BCE
- Ennius (238 BC–168 BC) — Roman writer and poet (c. 239 – c. 169 BC)
- Emperor Wu of Han (155 BC–86 BC) — seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China (157 BC–87 BC)
- Emperor Gaozu of Han (255 BC–194 BC) — founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
- Gaius Marius (157 BC–85 BC) — Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)
- Ptolemy II Philadelphus (307 BC–245 BC) — king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (308–246 B.C.)
- Xunzi (312 BC–230 BC) — Chinese Confucian philosopher (c. 310 – after 238 BCE)
- Pharnavaz I of Iberia (325 BC–233 BC) — king of Iberia and Colchis
- Callimachus (305 BC–239 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greek poet, scholar and librarian
- Apollonius of Rhodes (294 BC–214 BC) — 3rd century BC Greek epic poet
- Antiochus III the Great (241 BC–186 BC) — sixth Seleucid emperor (223–187 BC)
- Manetho (201 BC–) — 3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest
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