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Conflict Europe

Punic Wars

264 BCE – 146 BCE · 118 years

Three wars spanning over a century between Rome and Carthage — from Hannibal's legendary crossing of the Alps to the complete destruction of Carthage.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Roman Republic
  • Carthage

Key moments

Defining events in the Punic Wars.

  1. 216 BC Cannae
  2. 202 BC Zama
  3. 149–146 BC Siege of Carthage

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Illyrian Wars

229 BCE – 168 BCE

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Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 264 BCE and 146 BCE.

229 BCE Illyrian Wars 229 BCE Cleomenean War 216 BCE Battle of Cannae 214 BCE Roman Conquest of Greece 206 BCE Roman–Numidian Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Teotihuacan Landmark · Americas 200 BCE – still standing Parthian Empire Polity · Middle East 246 BCE – 300 CE Silk Road Trade route · East Asia 200 BCE – 1450 CE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Ajanta Caves Landmark · South Asia 200 BCE – still standing
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