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.
According to J.F. Lazenby, author of The First Punic War, To Rome, wars ended when the Republic dictated its terms to a defeated enemy; to Carthage, wars ended with a negotiated settlement.. At the end of the First Punic War, Rome won a new province, Sicily, and began to look further. (This made the Romans empire builders.) Carthage, on the other hand, had to compensate Rome for its heavy losses. Although the tribute was steep, it didn't keep Carthage from continuing as a world-class trading power.