The Rise of Rome Season 1 Episode 8 The First Punic War: A War at Sea
- January 5, 2018
- 31 min
The First Punic War is the longest continuous war in Greek and Roman history. Here, delve into the third century B.C.E., when Carthage commanded sea travel throughout the Mediterranean and the Roman Republic was looking to advance beyond the Italian Peninsula. Trace the first war against Carthage.