Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Rome: The Punic Wars - The First Punic War - Extra History - Part 1" video.

  1. The City of Massena (today's Messina) was not really Carthaginean. The Carthaginians helped the Mamertines against Syracuse to put a foothold on a strategic place (that controlled the Messina's Strait), and the Romans intervened to avoid it.
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  2. Moral of the story, give Mamertines plenty to do in Sicily.
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