Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Punic War | Yes | No | No | No |
Aegadian Islands | Yes | No | No | No |
Punic War (noun) | Aegadian Islands (noun) |
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one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC | islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC |
a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean |