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This war is also called the Great Roman Civil War. The fighting was long and bitter, but eventually Spartacus' army was defeated. They successfully fought back many Roman soldiers until finally an army with a full 8 legions was dispatched to destroy them.

Soon they had over 120,000 escaped slaves and others traveling with them invading the countryside. This war started when 78 gladiators, including their leader Spartacus, escaped and started a rebellion. Rome had become the dominant world power. This battle was important because the successors of Greek leader Alexander the Great had now been defeated. In this battle the Roman Legion under Titus Flamininus soundly defeated the Macedonian Army led by Philip V.

After three years of laying siege to the city, the Roman army broke through the walls and burned it to the ground.

Third Punic War (149 - 146 BC): In the Third Punic War Rome attacked the city of Carthage.

The final battle in this war was the Battle of Zama where the Roman general Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal. When Rome counterattacked his homeland of Carthage, Hannibal was forced to retreat. However, despite fighting for 16 years, Hannibal wasn't able to conquer the city of Rome. Hannibal was a brilliant general and won several battles against the Romans. This crossing was made more famous because he also brought a large number of elephants with him. The Carthage leader and general, Hannibal, made a daring crossing of the Alps to attack Rome and northern Italy.

Second Punic War (218 - 201 BC): In the Second Punic War, Carthage had more success fighting against the Roman legions.

Rome soon dominated Carthage and won the war. Rome also invented the corvus, a type of assault bridge that allowed Rome's superior soldiers to board enemy navy vessels. However, Rome quickly built up a large navy of over 100 ships. This meant a lot of the fighting was at sea where Carthage had the advantage of a much stronger navy than Rome.

First Punic War (264 - 241 BC): The First Punic War was fought largely over the island of Sicily.

There were three major parts of the Punic wars and they were fought over the course of more than 100 years, As the empires grew, they began to clash and soon war had begun. Both cities were major powers at the time and both were expanding their empires. This sounds like a long way away at first, but Carthage was just a short sea voyage from Rome across the Mediterranean Sea. Carthage was a large City located on the coast of North Africa. The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. Here are some of the major battles and wars that the Romans fought. There were also civil wars where Romans fought Romans in order to gain power. The Ancient Romans fought many battles and wars in order to expand and protect their empire.