The Greek-Punic wars or, less properly, Sicilian Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between Carthaginians and the Greeks headed by Syracusians, over control of Sicily and western Mediterranean between the years 600 to 289 BC. They were the longest wars of antiquity and fought more for control of trade and territory and ambitious tyrants looking to expand their domain rather than a "clash of civillization" being fought to impose cultural and religious dominance.
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- Stalemate: Carthage gains 1/3 of Sicily, Greeks and Sicels retain the rest
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- Stalemate: Carthage gains 1/3 of Sicily, Greeks and Sicels retain the rest
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- The Greek-Punic wars or, less properly, Sicilian Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between Carthaginians and the Greeks headed by Syracusians, over control of Sicily and western Mediterranean between the years 600 to 289 BC. They were the longest wars of antiquity and fought more for control of trade and territory and ambitious tyrants looking to expand their domain rather than a "clash of civillization" being fought to impose cultural and religious dominance. Greek culture survived in Carthaginian areas (even flourished in Carthage itself) during the wars, and Greeks tolerated Carthaginians in their cities with total religious freedom. Carthage's economic successes, and its dependence on shipping to conduct most of its trade, for the empire's southern border was surrounded by desert, led to the creation of a powerful navy to discourage both pirates and rival nations. They had inherited their naval strength and experience from the Phoenicians, but had increased it because, unlike the Phoenicians, the Punics did not want to rely on a foreign nation's aid. This, coupled with its success and growing hegemony, brought Carthage into increasing conflict with the Greeks, the other major power contending for control of the central Mediterranean. The Greeks, similar to the Phoenicians, were expert sailors who had set up thriving colonies throughout the Mediterranean. These two rivals fought their wars on the island of Sicily, which lay at Carthage's doorstep. From their earliest days, both the Greeks and Phoenicians had been attracted to the large island, establishing a large number of colonies and trading posts along its coasts. Small battles had been fought between these settlements for centuries. No Carthaginian records of the war exist today, because when the city was destroyed in 146 B.C. by the Romans, the books from Carthage's library were distributed among the nearby African tribes, and none remain on the topic of Carthaginian history. As a result most of what we know about the Sicilian Wars comes from Greek historians.
- Le guerre greco-puniche sono conflitti che scoppiarono tra i Cartaginesi ed i Greci per il controllo del Mediterraneo occidentale ed in particolare della Sicilia tra il 600 e il 265 a.C. Di fatto furono le guerre tra Cartagine e Siracusa, visto che le due città rimasero, uniche non espugnate, a contendersi l'egemonia sull'isola sino al 265 a.C. , anno dell'arrivo dei Romani.
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- Stalemate: Carthage gains 1/3 of Sicily, Greeks and Sicels retain the rest
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- Carthage retains Western Sicily and the Greeks the Eastern until Punic Wars
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- The Greek-Punic wars or, less properly, Sicilian Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between Carthaginians and the Greeks headed by Syracusians, over control of Sicily and western Mediterranean between the years 600 to 289 BC. They were the longest wars of antiquity and fought more for control of trade and territory and ambitious tyrants looking to expand their domain rather than a "clash of civillization" being fought to impose cultural and religious dominance.
- Le guerre greco-puniche sono conflitti che scoppiarono tra i Cartaginesi ed i Greci per il controllo del Mediterraneo occidentale ed in particolare della Sicilia tra il 600 e il 265 a.C. Di fatto furono le guerre tra Cartagine e Siracusa, visto che le due città rimasero, uniche non espugnate, a contendersi l'egemonia sull'isola sino al 265 a.C. , anno dell'arrivo dei Romani.
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