Tag: First Punic War

MessageToEagle.com – Ruins of Carthage (its Phoenician name means ‘Kart-hadasht ‘ ( “new town”) are located approximately 18 km northeast of Tunis on the coast of North Africa

MessageToEagle.com – In 256 BC, during the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.) one of the greatest naval battles in history took place off the coast of Sicily, Italy. As

MessageToEagle.com – On March 10, 241 BC, the Carthaginian relieving fleet was totally defeated near the Aegates Islands off western Sicily – the event is known as the Battle of