263
Hiero II changes sides, and allies Syracuse to Rome.
263/62
Sicilian city-states come under Roman control.
262/61
Siege and fall of Acragas.
261
The Carthaginian navy raids the Italian coast from Sardinia. Rome builds a fleet.
260
Naval victory off Mylae.
259
Hamilcar Barca campaigns in Sicily; also, fighting in Corsica and Sardinia.
258
Rome attacks Panormus. Carthaginians defeated off Sulci, in Sardinia.
257
Rome raids Malta and wins minor victory at Tyndaris.
256
Regulus defeats Carthaginian fleet at Ecnomus and sails to North Africa, where he defeats a Punic army and takes Tunis.
256/55
Peace negotiations fail.
255
Spartan Xanthippus leads Carthaginian army to victory near Tunis over Regulus, who is taken prisoner. Roman fleet victorious off Cape Bon. Survivors of Regulus’s army are rescued. Storm inflicts great losses on a Roman fleet.
255/54
Roman fleet rebuilt.
254
Rome captures Panormus; Carthage holds Drepana and sacks Acragas.
253
Rome fails to take Lilybaeum. Major Roman naval losses in a storm.
252
Rome captures Thermae Himerae and the Lipara Islands.
251/50
Hasdrubal defeated near Panormus.
250–241
Roman siege of Lilybaeum.
249
Carthage wins a great sea victory off Drepana over Claudius Pulcher. Heavy Roman losses in a storm near Camarina. Rome seizes Eryx.
248
Mutiny by Carthaginian mercenaries is put down.
248–244
Punic raids on the Italian coast.
247
Hamilcar Barca arrives in Sicily and sets up camp on Mount Heirkte.
244
Hamilcar captures Eryx.
242
New Roman fleet blockades Drepana and Lilybaeum.
242/41
