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Punic War
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English
Noun
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Punic War
Any of several wars between Ancient Rome and Carthage.
en 1992 Brian Caven The Punic Wars Barnes & Noble 64 So ended the first and longest of the three Punic Wars; or, if viewed from a more romantic standpoint, the first act of a three-act tragedy, the tragedy of the destruction not only of Carthage but also of old Rome - of Rome the city state.
en 2002 Richard Michael Pasichnyk In Defense of Nature: The History Nobody Told You About 133 iUniverse The first Punic War has ended in 241 BC, but another Punic War would begin in 218 BC.
en 2004 Kevin McGeough The Romans: new perspectives 69 ABC-CLIO The third and last Punic War (151-146 B.C.E) led to the complete destruction of Carthage.
Translations
war between Ancient Rome and Carthage
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 布匿戰爭 Bùnì zhànzhēng, cmn 布匿克戰爭 Bùnìkè zhànzhēng
Dutch: nl Punische oorlog
Finnish: fi puunilaissota
German: de Punischer Krieg m
Irish: ga Cogadh Púnach m
Italian: it guerra punica f
Latin: la Bellum Punicum n
Marathi: mr प्यूनिक युद्ध
Portuguese: pt guerra púnica f
Russian: ru Пуни́ческая война́ f
Spanish: es guerra púnica f
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