| 41. | Iteration was temporarily resorted to again during the emergency conditions of the Second Punic War ).
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| 42. | They were originally Centurions who participated in the Punic Wars possibly under the general Scipio Africanus.
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| 43. | The Third Punic War ended Carthage's independent existence.
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| 44. | This was reminiscent of the friendly relations established by Scipio Africanus during the Second Punic War.
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| 45. | One year later the First Punic War erupted.
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| 46. | After the Punic Wars it became a major center of Roman naval power and maritime trade.
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| 47. | This was the last battle of the First Punic War between Carthage and the Roman Republic.
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| 48. | The Roman attack on the Carthaginian forces at Messana triggered the first of the Punic Wars.
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| 49. | Book 8 gives the history of the defeat of Carthage which concludes the Second Punic War.
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| 50. | Thus ended the Punic War period.
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