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[[de:Punische Kriege]] [[pl:Wojny punickie]]

[[History]] -- [[Military History]] -- [[War]]

The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between [[Rome]] and the [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] city of [[Carthage]].

*The [[First Punic War]] was primarily a naval war fought between [[264 BC]] and [[241 BC]].
*The [[Second Punic War]] is famous for [[Hannibal]]'s crossing of the [[Alps]] and was fought between [[218 BC]] and [[202 BC]].
*The [[Third Punic War]] resulted in the destruction of Carthage and was fought between [[149 BC]] and [[146 BC]].

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* Adapted from the [[Wikipedia]] article, "Punic Wars" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punic_Wars August 10, 2003