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Death of Hannibal at Libyssa
The death of Hannibal at Libyssa was the Carthaginian general's suicide by poison around 183 BC at Libyssa in Bithynia, rather than surrender to a Roman embassy.
Defection of Capua
The defection of Capua was Capua's decision to break its alliance with Rome and join Hannibal after Cannae in 216 BC; Rome recaptured the city in 211 BC and punished it severely.
Ebro treaty
The Ebro treaty, also the Treaty of 226 BC, was an agreement between Hasdrubal the Fair of Carthage and Rome barring Carthaginians from crossing the Ebro in arms.
Emporia dispute
The Emporia dispute was a territorial conflict between Carthage and the Numidian king Masinissa over the fertile Emporia district on the Lesser Syrtis, running from 193 to 146 BC.
First Battle of Capua
The First Battle of Capua was a battle fought in 212 BC at Capua, in which Hannibal attacked the Roman consular armies besieging the city during the Second Punic War.
Founding of New Carthage
The Founding of New Carthage was the establishment of the Punic city Qart Hadasht, Latin Carthago Nova, by Hasdrubal the Fair at modern Cartagena, Spain, in the late 220s BC.
Hamilcar's death at Helice
Hamilcar's death at Helice, also called the Battle of Helice, was the death in battle of Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca in Iberia in 229 or 228 BC.
Hannibal in Bithynia
Hannibal in Bithynia, also called Hannibal at the court of Prusias I, is the Carthaginian general's final exile, ending in his death by poison after a Roman embassy.
Hannibal in Bruttium
Hannibal in Bruttium, also known as Hannibal at Croton, was the final phase of Hannibal's Italian campaign, 204 to 203 BC, ending with his embarkation from Croton.
Hannibal's flight to Antiochus III
Hannibal's flight to Antiochus III, also called Hannibal's exile at the Seleucid court, was his 195 BC night escape from Carthage to avoid surrender to Rome.
Hannibal's march on Rome
Hannibal's march on Rome, also called Hannibal's raid to Rome, was Hannibal's 211 BC advance from Capua to the walls of Rome, undertaken while the Romans besieged Capua.
Hannibal's reforms of Carthage
Hannibal's reforms of Carthage were constitutional and financial measures of about 196 BC, when Hannibal as suffete made the lifetime judges annually elected and reorganized public revenues.
Mago in Liguria
Mago in Liguria (205–203 BC) was a Carthaginian campaign of the Second Punic War: Mago Barca, Hannibal's youngest brother, landed near Genua to raise Ligurian and Gallic allies.
Masinissa's defection to Rome
Masinissa's defection to Rome was the Numidian prince Masinissa's 206 BC pledge, made after the Carthaginian defeat at Ilipa, to support Scipio Africanus's planned invasion of Africa.
Masinissa's encroachments on Carthaginian territory
Masinissa's encroachments on Carthaginian territory, also called Masinissa's raids on Carthaginian territory, were seizures of Carthaginian land, chiefly the Emporia district, by Numidia's king Masinissa from about 200 to 151 BC.
Peace of 201 BC
The Peace of 201 BC, also called the Peace of Scipio, was the treaty between Rome and Carthage that ended the Second Punic War after the Battle of Zama.
Roman occupation of Sardinia (238 BC)
The Roman occupation of Sardinia was the seizure of the island by the Roman Republic in 238 BC, during Carthage's Mercenary War, outside the treaty terms.
Roman ultimatum of 149 BC
The Roman ultimatum of 149 BC was Rome's staged set of demands on surrendered Carthage, whose refusal to abandon its city opened the Third Punic War.
Second Battle of Nola
The Second Battle of Nola was a 215 BC repulse of Hannibal by the Roman consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus outside Nola in Campania, during the Second Punic War.
Second Punic War in Africa
The Second Punic War in Africa was the war's final campaign: Scipio's 204 BC invasion of Carthage, his victory over Hannibal at Zama, and the peace of 201 BC.
Siege of Aspis
The Siege of Aspis, also called the Capture of Clupea, was the Roman capture in 256 BC of the Carthaginian town of Aspis, modern Kelibia in Tunisia, during the First Punic War.
Siege of Capua
The Siege of Capua (211 BC) was a Roman siege of Capua in Campania, which had defected to Hannibal in 216 BC and fell in 211 BC.
Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)
The siege of Carthage, also called the Fall of Carthage, was the final operation of the Third Punic War, ending with Rome's destruction of the city in 146 BC.
Siege of Drepana
The Siege of Drepana was the Roman blockade of Carthage's fortress and naval base at Drepana, western Sicily, during the final years of the First Punic War.
Siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC)
The siege of Lilybaeum (250–241 BC) was Rome's land and sea investment of Carthage's main remaining base in Sicily during the First Punic War; the city never fell to assault.
Siege of Mount Ercte
The Siege of Mount Ercte, or Campaign of Mount Ercte, was Hamilcar Barca's three-year occupation of a fortified mountain camp near Panormus in Sicily, 247 to 244 BC.
Siege of Mount Eryx
The Siege of Mount Eryx was the mutual blockade between Hamilcar Barca's Carthaginian force and Roman garrisons on Mount Eryx in western Sicily during the final phase of the First Punic War, 244 to 241 BC.
Siege of Saguntum
The siege of Saguntum was an eight-month Carthaginian siege led by Hannibal in 219 BC; its capture of the Iberian city became the pretext for the Second Punic War.
Siege of Tunis (238 BC)
The siege of Tunis was a failed Carthaginian blockade of the rebel-held city in late 238 BC, during the Mercenary War, ending when Mathos's night sortie defeated part of Hamilcar Barca's force.
Siege of Utica (204 BC)
The siege of Utica in 204 BC was Scipio Africanus's failed 40-day assault on the Punic port of Utica, opening his African campaign in the Second Punic War.