The First Punic War

The war marked the first time rome fought outside of italy. Rome would face a gallic army pressing down from the north and also make their first foray east, landing an army on the far side of the adriatic. All the while, carthage was consolidating s holdings in spain, both sides knew the peace between them could not last forever. In two 18 b c, the peace would finally break, and hannibal baracca would descend into italy and wreck havoc. Next week we will cover the years between the first and second punic wars.