Signed a treaty in which Carthage had to give up sicily
Which it didn't miss,and to pay an indemnity to pay for the war,which it could well afford.However Carthage soon faced rebellion from.its mercenary troops,and Rome,in 238 BC,took advantage of the confusion by seizing the island of corsica.The Romans greatly feared the Carthaginians and wanted build as large a buffer zone as possible between them and the Carthaginians.By gaining Sicily,the Romans had expelled the Carthaginians from their back yard; they now wanted them out of their front yard-the islands of corsica and Sardinia west of the Italian peninsula