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Every Roman Ever

The Roman world

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Story map of the seas and lands around ancient Rome, with no words on the pictureRomeCarthageGaulEgyptBritainGreeceHispaniaGermaniaPompeiiAlexandriaJudeaConstantinoplePalmyraNorth AfricaDaciaSicilyActiumRavennaItalyCannaeAsia MinorSyria
RomeCarthageGaulEgyptBritainGreeceHispaniaGermaniaPompeiiAlexandriaJudeaConstantinoplePalmyraNorth AfricaDaciaSicilyActiumRavennaItalyCannaeAsia MinorSyria

Sicily

Sicily is the big island at the toe of Italy. It grew lots of grain.

More to know

Greek cities were here before Rome. The first war with Carthage was largely about Sicily. Enslaved workers on farms sometimes rose up.

What happened here

  • 264 BC

    A war begins

    Rome and Carthage started the First Punic War. Sicily was the prize.

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