First Punic War (23 maio 264 ano antes da era comum – 23 maio 241 ano antes da era comum)

Descrição:

War for control of Sicily
Messina, role of Siricusa

Breaks out because of local conflict in Siciliy
Messina wants to form a city government and Carthage is like nope
Messina calls in Rome to help them defeat Carthage
This forced Rome to create a fleet of ships because Carthage was such a strong naval force because IT had control over the western mediterranean
Carthage ends up losing its possessions to Sicily

Sicily becomes the first PROVINCE

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