History of Rome. Struggle for the Ascendancy in the West

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THE HISTORY OF ROME BY WILHELM IHNETHE SECOND VOLUME.STRUGGCHAPTER I. CARTHAGE.CHAPTER II. SICILY.CHAPTER III.THE FIRST PUNIC WAR, 264-241 B.C.First Period. To the capture of Agrigentum, 262 B.C.Second Period, 261-255 B.C. The first Roman fleet. Mylae. Ecnomus. Regulus in Africa.Third Period, 254-250 B.C. The victory at Panormus.Fourth Period, 250-249 B.C. Lilybaeum and Drepana.Fifth Period, 248-241 B.C. Hamilcar Barcas. Battle at the Aegatian Islands. Peace.CHAPTER IV. THE WAR OF THE MERCENARIES, 241-238 B.C.CHAPTER V. THE WAR WITH THE GAULS, 225-222 B.C.CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST ILLYRIAN WAR, 229-228 B.C.CHAPTER VII. THE SECOND ILLYRIAN WAR, 219 B.C.CHAPTER VIII. THE SECOND PUNIC OR HANNIBALIAN WAR, 218-201 B.C.First Period. From the beginning of the war to the battle of Cannae, 218-216 B.C.Second Period. From the battle of Cannae to the Revolution in Syracuse, 216-215 B.C.Third Period. The War in Sicily, 215-212 B.C.Fourth Period. From the taking of Syracuse to the capture of Capua, 212-211 B.C.Fifth Period. From the fall of Capua to the battle on the Metaurus, 211-207 B.C.Sixth Period. From the battle on the Metaurus to the taking of Locri, 207-205 B.C.Seventh Period. The War in Africa to the Conclusion of Peace, 204-201 B.C.CHAPTER IX. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PUNIC WARLE FOR THE ASCENDANCY IN THE WEST.