| The Romans |
| First Punic War |
| Appius Claudius Caudex, who led the invasion of Messana, which started the war |
| Appius Claudius Pulcher, co-commander at Syracuse during the First Punic War |
| Publius Claudius Pulcher, son of Appius, loser of the battle at Drepana during the First Punic War |
| Gaius Duilius, inventor of the corvus during the First Punic War |
| Lucius Caecilius Metellus, victor at Panormus in the First Punic War |
| Gaius Lutatius Catulus, Roman commander, victor in the final naval battle of the First Punic War |
| Marcus Atilius Regulus, Roman commander, captured by the Carthaginians, returned to Rome and then to Carthage and killed. |
| Second Punic War |
| The Cornelian Scipios - The Claudii |
| Publius Cornelius Scipio, father of Scipio Africanus, brother of Gnaeus, killed at the Battle of Castulo. |
| Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio, uncle of Scipio Africanus, victor at Dertosia but later killed in combat at Ilorca, just 29 days after his brother Publius was killed at Castulo. |
| Lucius Paullus Aemilius, who died at the terrible battle of Cannae in 216, father-in-law of Scipio Africanus. His son Paullus Aemilius, father of Scipio Africanus. The Aemilii |
| Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (the Elder), son of Publius Scipio: the Roman who finally defeated Hannibal at Zama |
| Publius Cornelius Aemilianus Africanus (the Younger), destroyer of Carthage, adopted son of the son of Scipio Africanus. |
| The Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius, grandsons of Scipio Africanus through his daughter Cornelia |
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| Others |
| Quintius Fabius Maximus, Cunctator (The Delayer), the Roman General who neutralised the threat that Hannibal posed for Rome. The Fabii |
| Caius Claudius Nero, defeater and slayer of Hasdrubal at Metaurus |
| Caius Flaminius, Consul, loser at Trasimeno. |
| Tiberius Sempronis Longus, loser at Trebbia |
| Caius Terentius Varro - loser at Cannae |
| Titus Quinctius Flamininus, final nemesis of Hannibal |
| Marcus Claudius Marcellus (268-208 BC), Roman general, unsuccessful besieger of Syracuse in 213 BC, defeated at Cannae |
| Marcius Porcius Cato, (Carthago delenda est) |
| Gaius Laelius, subordinate and friend of Scipio Africanus. |
| Quintus Fulvius Flaccus - The Flacci |
| Livius Salinator, Consul, with Nero defeated Hasdrubal at Metaurus. |
