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The Punic Wars were a series of three wars between 264 and 146 BC fought by the states of Rome and Carthage. All three were won by Rome. The First Punic War broke out in Sicily in 264 BC and lasted 23 years, until 241 BC, when after immense materiel and human losses on both sides the Carthaginians were defeated. The end of the war sparked a major but unsuccessful 4-year-long revolt within the Carthaginian Empire known as the Mercenary War. The Second Punic War began in 218 BC and witnessed Hannibal's crossing of the Alps and invasion of mainland Italy. The successful Roman invasion of the Carthaginian homeland in Africa in 204 BC led to Hannibal's recall and to Carthage suing for peace after 17 years of war. Carthage ceased to be a military threat but Rome contrived a justification to declare war again in 149 BC in the Third Punic War. The Romans stormed the city of Carthage in 146 BC, sacked it, slaughtered most of its population and completely demolished it.
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- Contributor(s): Gog the Mild
This is a fairly straight forward set. There are three Punic wars, and the Mercenary War is usually considered a part of the wider conflict, so there it is. --Gog the Mild (talk) 17:18, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support: A well-defined set, all at GA-quality or higher, with a navbox, campaignbox, and category. Great work, Gog! -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 17:50, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support. Why don't you add the articles on the battles, as well as the Treaty of Lutatius? The Mercenary War could also be added. T8612 (talk) 20:33, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- T8612: Because the topic here is just the wars; and Mercenary War is included. If one were to nominate an individual war or campaign, then one would need to include all of the battles etc which made it up. As with Guadalcanal Campaign or my earlier Crécy campaign. If the top line article is a set of wars, then only the wars making it up need or should feature, as with Silesian Wars. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:14, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- I don't know how I missed Mercenary War lol. All right then, supporting. T8612 (talk) 23:46, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- T8612: Because the topic here is just the wars; and Mercenary War is included. If one were to nominate an individual war or campaign, then one would need to include all of the battles etc which made it up. As with Guadalcanal Campaign or my earlier Crécy campaign. If the top line article is a set of wars, then only the wars making it up need or should feature, as with Silesian Wars. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:14, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support - can't see any issues -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:49, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support Looks good. Maybe someday each individual war could become a good topic. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:29, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support, clearly defined and interlinked with an appropriate navigation box. Great work. Harrias (he/him) • talk 11:33, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support - and like Hawkeye, I'd think you could do sub-topics for each war, with the major battles, commanders, etc. Parsecboy (talk) 13:06, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support - Yep, easily meets the criteria. Hog Farm Bacon 13:28, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support - Per above.--Catlemur (talk) 17:25, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support - per nom. KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) 19:10, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support and endorse Hawkeye and Parsecboy's suggestions. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:21, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
- Support - This has potential to shortly become a featured topic too. Good call. Xx78900 (talk) 19:54, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
- Closed with a consensus to promote to Good Topic - GamerPro64 16:05, 25 October 2020 (UTC)