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**The Punic Wars**
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome. These wars took place in the 2nd and 3rd century B.C. The first Punic war lasted 23 long years, the Second Punic War lasted 17 years and the Third Punic War only lasted three years. Rome won all three wars.
 * What were the Punic Wars?**

Carthage was a place with large amounts of gold and silver. It was a free country. They were very proud of themselves for being rich. They sank any trade boat which wished to come and make a deal with them. This made Rome angry, and so the Punic wars were born.
 * Why did Rome attack Carthage?**

The Punic wars affected Rome in very many ways. The reason why Rome built up such a big and strong army was because Carthage was so great. The only way they could defeat them was by forming a large army. The Romans also had to invent a ship in order to defeat Carthage. This ship was called the “Raven”. The Raven had a long plank of wood which had iron spikes built into it. This would fall down onto the Carthage ship and let the Romans board onto the opponent’s ship.
 * How did it affect Rome?**

In the First Punic War, Rome defeated Carthage by using the boats the Raven. The Raven helped the Romans win at sea, even though Carthage was the best at sea! This was because the Raven made the sea battle like a land battle which they were best at. The Romans won the third Punic War by putting Scipio in command of a big army. While Hannibal was charging through Europe, Scipio sent his army right into Africa because Carthage had no defense as most of the soldiers were with Hannibal.
 * How did Rome defeat Carthage in the First and Third Punic Wars?**

All of Carthage was destroyed. None of the buildings were left, as they wanted Carthage to never come back. The Roman soldiers sold 50,000 of the Carthage citizens into slavery. The other 650,000 were all murdered. Carthage never came back again because all of the citizens were gone and the land could not be used ever again.
 * What was the result of the Punic Wars?**

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