264 BCE
First Punic War begins over Messana
Rome's assembly agrees in 264 BCE to help the Mamertine mercenaries holding Messana in Sicily against Syracuse and Carthage. The war with Carthage that follows lasts until 241 BCE.
264 BCE
Rome's assembly agrees in 264 BCE to help the Mamertine mercenaries holding Messana in Sicily against Syracuse and Carthage. The war with Carthage that follows lasts until 241 BCE.