41. Before the First Punic War , the Roman Republic had not campaigned outside the Italian Peninsula. 42. Thus ended the Punic War period. 43. This was reminiscent of the friendly relations established by Scipio Africanus during the Second Punic War . 44. Book 8 gives the history of the defeat of Carthage which concludes the Second Punic War . 45. Caudium is not mentioned during the Second Punic War , but the Caudini are repeatedly mentioned. 46. The Roman attack on the Carthaginian forces at Messana triggered the first of the Punic Wars . 47. Iteration was temporarily resorted to again during the emergency conditions of the Second Punic War ). 48. In choosing a historical subject, the Second Punic War , Silius had many poetic predecessors. 49. This was the last battle of the First Punic War between Carthage and the Roman Republic. 50. They were originally Centurions who participated in the Punic Wars possibly under the general Scipio Africanus.
