Chapter III: Romans and Carthaginians

Carthage a Place of Interest for Twenty Centuries; Romans and
Carthaginians in Collision; First Punic War; Rome Begins the
Construction of a Navy; A Stranded Carthaginian Vessel Serves as
a Model; They Encounter the Carthaginians at Mylœ; Defeat of the
Latter; Renewed Preparations of both Countries for the Mastery of
the Mediterranean: A Great Battle Fought, 260 B. C.; The Romans
Finally Victorious; They Land an Army in Africa and Sail for
Home; Encounter a “Sirocco” and Lose nearly all their Galleys on
the Rocks; The Succeeding Punic Wars; Rome in Her Greatness;
Antony and Octavius Appear Upon the Scene. I-36