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  • noun Plural form of Punic War.

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Examples

  • It had two harbours, and during the Punic Wars was the ally rather than the vassal of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • The relevant pattern of that maritime conflict in the Mediterranean region had not begun then; but, it expressed a pattern which is notable, still today, as being continued through the time of what were called the Punic Wars, and beyond.

    LaRouche's Latest 2010

  • After the end of the Punic Wars, the Berbers were conquered by the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Vandals, but were able to maintain their cultures across the centuries.

    The Coming Revolution Walid Phares 2010

  • I was just reading about the Punic Wars and fell asleep in the library—

    One Night in Scotland Karen Hawkins 2010

  • IMAGINE that you are a teacher of Roman history and the Latin language, anxious to impart your enthusiasm for the ancient world – for the elegiacs of Ovid and the odes of Horace, the sinewy economy of Latin grammar as exhibited in the oratory of Cicero, the strategic niceties of the Punic Wars, the generalship of Julius Caesar and the voluptuous excesses of the later emperors.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • IMAGINE that you are a teacher of Roman history and the Latin language, anxious to impart your enthusiasm for the ancient world – for the elegiacs of Ovid and the odes of Horace, the sinewy economy of Latin grammar as exhibited in the oratory of Cicero, the strategic niceties of the Punic Wars, the generalship of Julius Caesar and the voluptuous excesses of the later emperors.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Battle has always been unpleasant; the poor bloody infantry and their families were probably at least as ambivalent about fighting the Punic Wars as they might have been about storming Iraq in 1991.

    Cheers And Jeers 2008

  • The book's history, then, spans the period from about the eighth century B.C. to about the third century B.C., when Rome commenced to expel Carthage permanently from Sicily, in the Punic Wars, and displace the Greek presence there.

    Greek Cities in Italy and Sicily by David Randall-MacIver (1931) 2008

  • Though Romans destroyed Carthage in the Punic Wars, Roman legend traced the very origin of Rome to the Carthanginian mother-city, as shown by the story of Aeneas, who came directly across the Mediterranean from there, to found Rome.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008

  • And yes, the Laugh-In tribute sketch felt longer than the Punic Wars.

    Emmys? Bad? Maybe. But Worst Ever? Come on. 2008

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