First Punic War

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Battle of the Aegates - Wikipedia
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The Battle of Cape Ecnomus 256 BC.
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Battle of Cape Ecnomus : Bloodiest Naval Battle between Rome and Carthage (First Punic War)
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Punic Phalangite during the first Punic war between Rome and Carthage
Battle of Aegates islands, the final act of the first Punic War. This was the last naval battle of this conflict and it was a decisive defeat for the Carthaginian navy. The city of Carthage unlike its Roman adversary was not able to withstand another setback and sought terms after this action. Carthaginian Army, Greek Hoplite, Greek Warriors, Hannibal Barca, Military Images
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Battle of Aegates islands, the final act of the first Punic War. This was the last naval battle of this conflict and it was a decisive defeat for the Carthaginian navy. The city of Carthage unlike its Roman adversary was not able to withstand another setback and sought terms after this action.
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Mylae
Punic Naval Battle
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The Punic city of Kerkouane, just south of Carthage on the tip of Cape Bon. It was one of the major settlements along the coast under Carthage’s domain. The city was abandoned following the First Punic War, and was never resettled. The city’s real name is lost to history.
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La Pintura y la Guerra - Página 849
Naval battle from the First Punic War
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Hannibal Barca's War Penteres Sailing the Seas, Sandra Delgado
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RECRUITING BALEARIC SLINGERS, EBUSUS 206 BC
C:RECRUITING BALEARIC SLINGERS, EBUSUS 206 BC Balearic islanders, whose weapon par excellence was the sling, were clearly mercenaries; Polybios positively identifies them as such in his account of the Libyan War (1 .67.7), and at Zama he firmly places them in the first line of Hannibal's army (1 5.11.1). Most in this line must have belonged to Mago's mercenary army, and presumably some of the Balearic slingers too,
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ARMIES OF THE SUCCESSOR KINGDOMS: THE SELEUCIDS
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La Pintura y la Guerra - Página 546
La Pintura y la Guerra. Sursumkorda in memoriam