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June 26, 2025

A Basic Explanation Of The First Punic War

Filed under: Africa, Europe, History, Military — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 8 Jan 2025

GEOGRAPHY NOTES
Messina is the modern name for Messana. Both are correct.
Acragas / Akragas was renamed as Agrigentum by the Romans. Most videos on YouTube use the name Agrigentum for convenience purposes … so again, both are correct.
Panormus is modern day Palermo.
Drepana / Drepanum is modern day Trapani.
Lilybaeum is modern day Marsala.

!READ THE SOURCES FOR FREE!
Livy: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/…
Polybius: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/…
Cassius Dio: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/…

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Images Used
File:First Punic War 264 BC v3.png. In Wikipedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi…
File:Corvus.svg. In Wikipedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi…
File:Stèles tophet Carthage.jpg. In Wikipedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi…
File:Romanadvance (cropped).JPG. In Wikipedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi…
File:Relief map of Italy Sicily.png. In Wikipedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi…
File:Ginnasium Solunto.jpg. In Wikipedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi…
-Battle of Cape Ecnomus. (2024, October 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_…

A Bit About MoAn Inc. –
Trust me, the ancient world isn’t as boring as you may think. In this series, I’ll be walking you through a VERY basic idea of what happened during Rome’s famous Punic Wars.

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