punic wars/1st war

Question 1

what cause punic wars?

Answer 1

conflict between Rome vs Carthage

Question 2

how many punic wars were there?

Answer 2

3 wars

Question 3

Carthage characteristics:

Answer 3

was initially larger than Rome, most powerful on the Med. sea, and was founded by the Phoenicians

Question 4

what does Phoenicians mean in latin?

Answer 4

Punicus is latin for Phoenician

Question 5

1 War backstory:

Answer 5

west portion of Sicily was controlled by Carth., east portion of Sicily was independent, people of messina wanted help from Carth.

Question 6

what happened after messina sought help from Carth.?

Answer 6

Mess. realized they would be controlled by Carth. and they did not want this so Mess. sought help from rome.

Question 7

what did King Hiero ll (of Syracuse) want to do in the 1st war?

Answer 7

he wanted to take over messinia

Question 8

who won the first punic war?

Answer 8

Rome

Question 9

what was the treaty agreement when rome won?

Answer 9

Carth. had to give up its portion of Sicily and now rome controls all of Sicily.

Question 10

its a rome province:

Answer 10

any area/part of rome not located on the Italian Pen.

Question 11

what happened with rome after they won the 1st Pun. war?

Answer 11

rome’s confidence grew, conquered Corsica and Sardinia(almost led to war), both sides agreed on “Spheres of Influence”

Question 12

where could rome and carth. Conquer up to ?

Answer 12

rome up to the eloro river and carth. conq. more on spain. Pen. and north africa.