<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> First Punic War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Punic Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Western Mediterranean Sea in 264 BC . Rome is shown in red , Carthage in purple , and Syracuse in green . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 264 -- 241 BC ( 23 years ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Mediterranean Sea , Sicily , North Africa , Italy , Sardinia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Roman victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Roman annexation of Sicily ( Except for the Kingdom of Syracuse ) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roman Republic </Td> <Td> Carthage Syracuse </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marcus Atilius Regulus ( POW ) Gaius Lutatius Catulus Gaius Duilius </Td> <Td> Hamilcar Barca Hanno the Great Hasdrubal the Fair Xanthippus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 700 quinqueremes 400,000 dead , including 50,000 Roman citizens </Td> <Td> 500 quinqueremes , 350,000 dead </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who led the romans in the first punic war
Marcus Atilius Regulus Gaius Lutatius Catulus Gaius Duilius