Event Mercenary War

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After the First Punic War Carthage had to fight with an uprising of African settlements revolting against Carthaginian control.

Chronology

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  • January 237 BC: Taking advantage of a revolt, Rome occupied Sardinia and Corsica.
  • January 240 BC: 240-238 BC: Carthage, unable to pay the Libyan and Numidian mercenaries it employed in the army, also had to suffer a widespread and bloody revolt which was put down by Hamilcar Barca.