<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> First Punic War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Punic Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Western Mediterranean Sea in 264 BC . Rome is shown in red , Carthage in purple , and Syracuse in green . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 264 -- 241 BC ( 23 years ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Mediterranean Sea , Sicily , North Africa , Italy , Sardinia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Roman victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Roman annexation of Sicily ( Except for the Kingdom of Syracuse ) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roman Republic </Td> <Td> Carthage Syracuse </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marcus Atilius Regulus ( POW ) Gaius Lutatius Catulus Gaius Duilius </Td> <Td> Hamilcar Barca Hanno the Great Hasdrubal the Fair Xanthippus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 700 quinqueremes 400,000 dead , including 50,000 Roman citizens </Td> <Td> 500 quinqueremes , 350,000 dead </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> First Punic War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Punic Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Western Mediterranean Sea in 264 BC . Rome is shown in red , Carthage in purple , and Syracuse in green . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 264 -- 241 BC ( 23 years ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Mediterranean Sea , Sicily , North Africa , Italy , Sardinia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Roman victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Roman annexation of Sicily ( Except for the Kingdom of Syracuse ) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roman Republic </Td> <Td> Carthage Syracuse </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marcus Atilius Regulus ( POW ) Gaius Lutatius Catulus Gaius Duilius </Td> <Td> Hamilcar Barca Hanno the Great Hasdrubal the Fair Xanthippus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 700 quinqueremes 400,000 dead , including 50,000 Roman citizens </Td> <Td> 500 quinqueremes , 350,000 dead </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who led the romans in the first punic war
who led the romans in the first punic war
Marcus Atilius Regulus Gaius Lutatius Catulus Gaius Duilius
Marcus Atilius Regulus Gaius Lutatius Catulus Gaius Duilius