The Punic Wars were a series of three wars between the Romans and the Carthaginians. The Carthaginians were a group of people founded by the Phoenicians. The 1st Punic war begins in when Carthage starts to trade with Sicily which enraged the Romans. So the Romans built a naval fleet to conquer the Carthaginians at Sicily. After the Romans defeated the Carthaginians, the Carthaginians had to pay an indemnity. Soon after, the Carthaginians start trade up with Spain. While this did not directly effect the Romans, the chose not to go to battle. Instead they told Spain that they should revolt. This was how the 2nd Punic war began. It was started by Carthage and was taken to Rome. The Roman leader for this war was Scipio Africanus and
