41. Iteration was temporarily resorted to again during the emergency conditions of the Second Punic War ). 42. They were originally Centurions who participated in the Punic Wars possibly under the general Scipio Africanus. 43. The Third Punic War ended Carthage's independent existence. 44. This was reminiscent of the friendly relations established by Scipio Africanus during the Second Punic War . 45. One year later the First Punic War erupted. 46. After the Punic Wars it became a major center of Roman naval power and maritime trade. 47. This was the last battle of the First Punic War between Carthage and the Roman Republic. 48. The Roman attack on the Carthaginian forces at Messana triggered the first of the Punic Wars . 49. Book 8 gives the history of the defeat of Carthage which concludes the Second Punic War . 50. Thus ended the Punic War period.
