First Punic War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Punic War partof=the Punic Wars caption= date=264 ndash; 241 BC casus= dispute between Carthage and Rome over the Mamertine city Messana place=Mediterranean Sea, Sicily, Sardinia, North Africa… … Wikipedia
ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… … Universalium
Battle of the Aegates Islands — Infobox Military Conflict caption=Location of the Aegates (modern Aegadian) Islands conflict=Battle of the Aegates Islands partof=the First Punic War date=March 10, 241 BC place=Aegadian Islands, western Sicily result=Decisive Roman victory;… … Wikipedia
Hamilcar Barca — /heuh mil kahr bahr keuh, ham euhl kahr / c270 228 B.C., Carthaginian general and statesman (father of Hannibal). * * * ▪ Carthaginian general Barca also spelled Barcas died winter 229/228 BC general who assumed command of the… … Universalium
Old Latin — For Old Latin translation of the Bible, see Vetus Latina. Old Latin Prisca Latinitas Titus Maccius Plautus, an O … Wikipedia
241 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeGreece* The Eurypontid King of Sparta, Agis IV, is called away from Sparta when Aratus of Sicyon, temporarily Sparta s ally, requests Agis aid in his war against the Aetolians. Upon his return, Agis finds that his supporters… … Wikipedia
Aulus Atilius Calatinus — (d. by 216 BC), was a politician and general in Ancient Rome. He was the first Roman dictator to lead an army outside Italy (then understood as the Italian mainland), when he led his army into Sicily. He was consul in 258 BC and again in 254 BC,… … Wikipedia
Favignana — Infobox CityIT img coa = Favignana Stemma.gif official name = Comune di Favignana name = Favignana region = Sicily province = Trapani (TP) elevation m = 6 area total km2 = 37 population as of = 2001 population total = 4106 population density km2 … Wikipedia
Homosexuality in ancient Rome — Male couple on an oil lamp Same sex attitudes and behaviors in ancient Rome often differ markedly from those of the contemporary West. Latin lacks words that would precisely translate homosexual and heterosexual. The primary dichotomy of ancient… … Wikipedia
Sulla, Lucius Cornelius — ▪ Roman dictator Introduction also called Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix born 138 BC died 79 BC, Puteoli [Pozzuoli], near Naples victor in the first full scale civil war in Roman history (88–82 BC) and subsequently dictator (82–79), who carried … Universalium
