The Punic Wars constitute a series of three conflicts which opposed the ancient Rome and the Carthaginian Civilization. The Carthaginians are called Carthaginienses or Latin Poeni in , deformation of the name of the Phéniciens from which the Carthaginians result, from where the “punic” Adjectif.

The cause of these wars is related to the concurrent expansion of Rome and Carthage, in the Western Mediterranean.

• the First Punic War (264 - 241 av. J. - C.) was a naval and terrestrial conflict which had as a principal framework the Sicily.

• the Second Punic War (218 - 201 av. J. - C.) widens in Italy that Hannibal Barca reached by crossing the the Alps, and with the Spain to be completed in North Africa.
• the Third Punic War (149 - 146 av. J. - C.) took place in North Africa and leads to the destruction of Carthage.