Bolstered by their early successes with their new battle fleet, the Romans determined to gamble everything for a decisive "killing blow" in order to bring Carthage to her knees. Equipping a massive armada, the Romans sailed to invade North Africa itself in an attempt to defeat Carthage on her home soil. However, a newly revamped Carthaginian fleet lay in wait to intercept the Romans near Ecnomus in southern Sicily. The resulting clash would go down as perhaps the largest naval battle of all time.
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Episode 12 - The Battle for Carthage
Episode 11 - The Enemy in Africa
Episode 10 - Syracuse in Retreat
Episode 9 - Agathocles and the Age of Alexander
Episode 8 - Timoleon and the End of the Second Sicilian War
Episode 7 - Dionysius the Tyrant
Episode 6 - Carthage Strikes Back
Episode 5 - Syracuse, Sicily, and the Hellenes
Episode 4 - A Punic Sea
Episode 3 - Qart-Hadasht - The New City
Episode 2 - Dido's Drama
Episode 1 - The Middlemen of the Mediterranean
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