Several Questions.

[anubis88]

Yeah but guys, Ptolemy II Philadelphos ruled during the first punic war. Even though the book is about Hannibal, it gives an overview of carthage as a whole.
@ jebivjetar and fluvius: yes, but during the first punic war it was still carthage who controled the seas for the most part.

So the book says that carthage received money in the 1st punic war

[Jebivjetar]

Yeah but guys, Ptolemy II Philadelphos ruled during the first punic war. Even though the book is about Hannibal, it gives an overview of carthage as a whole.
@ jebivjetar and fluvius: yes, but during the first punic war it was still carthage who controled the seas for the most part.

So the book says that carthage received money in the 1st punic war

Oh, now i understand: it was the first, not the second punic war then...