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The Mamertine appeal (264 BC)
264 BC — Italian mercenaries holding Messana appeal to Rome for help against Carthage. The Senate hesitates, but the assembly votes for war. Roman legions cross salt water for the first time.
When 264 BC Type Turning point Chapter First Punic War (chapter 1 of Ancient Rome)Atlas The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476 TURNING POINT · THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME, 264 BC – AD 476 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical coastlines and rivers · Polybius, Histories 1: Sicily and the First Punic War
Source details Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, and reprojected by Maps of History; dated adjustments are recorded per layer.. CC BY 4.0 Made with Natural Earth. Modern physical geography is a coastline/river reference, not evidence of ancient sovereignty.. Public domain Polybius, Histories, book 1 (Perseus).. Historical evidence citation; no prose or map copied Displayed geometry: -264 (s264); chapter framing: -264. The map shows the moment selected for the chapter, even when the chapter spans several events.
proxy: 264 BC Greek Colonies reference · reconstruction: 264 BC · reconstruction: Modern physical shoreline reference · vector: -264 to -257 · vector: -271 to -231 · vector: -272 to -248 · vector: -279 to -145 · vector: -279 to -204 · vector: -279 to -226 · vector: -279 to -248 · vector: -279 to -257 · vector: -281 to -240 · vector: -281 to -257 · vector: -301 to -248 · vector: -350 to -226 · vector: -366 to -231 · vector: -630 to 337
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