278. Treachery of the physician of Pyrrhus 64 Truce with Rome 64 Pyrrhus crosses over into Sicily 64 276. He returns to Italy 64 274. Defeat of Pyrrhus 65 He returns to Greece 65 272. Subjugation of Tarentum 65 Conquest of Italy 65 273. Embassy of Ptolemy Philadelphus to Rome 65 Three classes of Italian population: I. Cives Romani, or Roman Citizens 66 1. Of the Thirty-three tribes 66 2. Of the Roman Colonies 66 3. Of the Municipal Towns 66 II. Nomen Latinum, or the Latin name 66 III. Socii, or Allies 66 312. Censorship of Appius Claudius 67 His dangerous innovation as to the Freedmen 67 304. Repealed in the Censorship of Q. Fabius Maximus and P. Decius Mus 67 312. The Appian Way 67 The Appian Aqueduct 67 Cn. Flavius 67 CHAPTER X. THE FIRST PUNIC WAR. B.C. 264-241. 814. Foundation of Carthage 68 Its empire 68 Its government 68 Its army 68 Its foreign conquests 68 Conquest of Messana by the Mamertini 69 Hiero attacks the Mamertini 69 They apply for assistance to Rome 69 264. The Consul Ap. Claudius crosses over to Sicily to aid them 70 He defeats the forces of Syracuse and Carthage 70 263. Hiero makes peace with the Romans 70 262. Capture of Agrigentum by the Romans 70 260. The Romans build a fleet 70 Naval victory of the Consul Duilius 71 256. The Romans invade Africa 72 Their naval victory 72