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Cato was born of plebeian stock and fought as a military tribune in the Second Punic War. His oratorical and legal skills and his rigid morality attracted the notice of the patrician Lucius Valerius Flaccus, who helped him begin a political career at Rome.
This battle was largely fought on sea. Rome made many mistakes in the war and suffered terrible casualties because of it. Rome lost as many as 600 ships over 20 years. One of the great weaknesses of the Republic was that it had to elect a new general every year. Carthage gave up because of the cost of the war. Results of the First Punic War. Rome forced a heavy price on Carthage forcing it to give Sicily to the Romans.