| 41. | Before the First Punic War, the Roman Republic had not campaigned outside the Italian Peninsula.
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| 42. | Thus ended the Punic War period.
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| 43. | This was reminiscent of the friendly relations established by Scipio Africanus during the Second Punic War.
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| 44. | Book 8 gives the history of the defeat of Carthage which concludes the Second Punic War.
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| 45. | Caudium is not mentioned during the Second Punic War, but the Caudini are repeatedly mentioned.
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| 46. | The Roman attack on the Carthaginian forces at Messana triggered the first of the Punic Wars.
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| 47. | Iteration was temporarily resorted to again during the emergency conditions of the Second Punic War ).
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| 48. | In choosing a historical subject, the Second Punic War, Silius had many poetic predecessors.
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| 49. | This was the last battle of the First Punic War between Carthage and the Roman Republic.
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| 50. | They were originally Centurions who participated in the Punic Wars possibly under the general Scipio Africanus.
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