Christine May Cole, 59, Stringtown, died January 19, 1995 at Atoka Memorial Hospital. A housewife, she was born in Ardmore, OK, August 17, 1935 and was the daughter of Marion Bayles and Ruby Junt Bayles. She and Albert Edger Cole, were married in Ada, OK, August 23, 1953.
After 23 years of fighting, Rome emerged the victor and imposed heavy conditions upon Carthage as the price for peace. The conflict was called the Punic War because Rome's name for Carthaginians was Punici (older Phoenici, due to their Phoenician ancestry). In the middle of the 3rd century BC, the power of Rome was growing.
Before the war, Carthage had the most powerful navy in the western Mediterranean. See also: Roman navy. Due to the difficulty of operating in Sicily, most of the First Punic War was fought at sea, including the most decisive battles.he Romans called the series of wars between Rome and Carthage Punic because a Latin name for the Carthaginians was Punici. This is derived from Phoenici s (Phoenicians), and it refers to the Carthaginian heritage as Phoenician colonists. A Carthaginian name(s) for the conflicts does not survive in any records.