event
First Punic War (264-241 BC)
the First Punic War
also: bello Punico primo, First Punic War, Punico primo
The first great war between Rome and Carthage, fought largely at sea. Cicero recalls the destruction of the two Roman fleets and the consuls who ignored the auspices (P. Claudius Pulcher and L. Junius Pullus).