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answers.span_text: Hamilcar Barca Hanno the Great Hasdrubal the Fair Xanthippus
questions: leader of carthage in the first punic war
name: First Punic War
contexts: First Punic War Part of the Punic Wars Western Mediterranean Sea in 264 BC . Rome is shown in red , Carthage in purple , and Syracuse in green . Date 264 -- 241 BCE ( 23 years ) Location Mediterranean Sea , Sicily , North Africa , Italy , Sardinia Result Roman victory Territorial changes Roman annexation of Sicily ( Except for the Kingdom of Syracuse ) Belligerents Roman Republic Carthage Syracuse Commanders and leaders Marcus Atilius Regulus ( POW ) Gaius Lutatius Catulus Gaius Duilius Hamilcar Barca Hanno the Great Hasdrubal the Fair Xanthippus Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties and losses 700 quinqueremes 400,000 dead 500 quinqueremes