1. Quīntō annō bellī Pūnicī, parātīs nāvibus rōstrātīs [= cum rōstrīs], cōnsul C. Duīlius proeliō nāvālī [< nāvis] Carthāginiēnsēs vīcit.
2. Alter cōnsul ā Carthāginiēnsibus fraude dēceptus est et captus.
3. Classis Carthāginiēnsium ā M. Atīliō Rēgulō victa retrō [= eō unde vēnerat] sē recēpit.
4. In Āfricā Rēgulus multās cīvitātēs in fidem [= dēditiōnem] accēpit et multa castella [= loca mūnīta] vāstāvit.
5. Postrēmō victus est ultimā perniciē [= strāge], nam MM tantum ex exercitū Rōmānō refūgērunt [= retrō fūgērunt], Rēgulus captus in catēnās coniectus est.
6. M. Aemilius Paulus CIV nāvēs hostium dēmersit [= submersit], XXX cum pugnātōribus [< pugnāre] cēpit.
7. Classis rediēns māximā tempestāte naufragium passa est, nec animus Rōmānōrum hāc calamitāte [= clāde] īnfrāctus [= frāctus] est.
8. Metellus in Siciliā Poenōs superāvit et multōs elephantōs cēpit, quōs ingentī pompā [= agmine] in triumphō dūxit.
9. Carthāginiēnsēs Rēgulum, quem cēperant, Rōmam remīsit, ut pācem et permūtātiōnem [< permūtāre] captīvōrum obtinēret.
10. Rōmae ille negāvit 'sē Rōmānum esse [= dīxit 'sē R. nōn esse...'] ex illō diē quō in potestātem Āfrōrum vēnisset'.
11. Itaque uxōrem ā complexū [< complectī] remōvit et senātuī suāsit nē pāx cum Poenīs fieret.
12. Victōriā nāvālī ad Aegātēs īnsulās īnfīnītum [= immēnsa cōpia] aurī et argentī in potestātem Rōmānōrum redāctum est.
13. Bellum Pūnicum prīmum XXIII annōs tractum [= prōductum] est.
14. Bellō trānsāctō [= perāctō] pāx Carthāginiēnsibus tribūta [= data] est.
15. Permūtātī sunt captīvī ita ut captīvī quōs Rōmānī tenēbant pretiō ex fiscō [= aerāriō] solūtō redimerentur.
16. Rēx Hierō CC mīlia modiōrum frūmentī populō Rōmānō praebuit.
17. Trīticum est frūmentum ex quō pānis albus fit.
18. Sardīs victīs Rōmānī ubīque pācem habuērunt, quod iīs semel tantum contigerat [= acciderat]; ergō Iānus iterum clausus est.
19. Fabius Pictor historicus [= scrīptor rērum] bellō Gallicō interfuit.
20. Gallīs victīs Mārcellus grandem [= magnam] praedam Rōmam vēxit.
21. Cum rēgem Gallōrum manū suā perēmisset [= interēmisset], spolia opīma stīpitī [= baculō crassō] imposita in Captōlium tulit.
22. 'Aspice ut īnsignis spoliīs Mārcellus opīmīs
ingreditur [= graditur] victorque virōs superēminet omnēs!'