History 2173 Lecture : The Punic Wars

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The roman army in action 264-146 bc: Rome rose from being a purely italian power into a position of domination throughout the mediterranean and they were well on their way to creating their huge empire but roman imperialism predates these wars because by. 264 bc they already absorbed the whole of the italian peninsula but it did escalate as they fought with carthage. From 275-201 bc is the most crucial era in their history. Had been founded by the phoenicians around 750 bc around the same time as the foundation of rome and their ships had wandered the area since late mycenaean period and they had prospered and founded many colonies. Carthage was the most important phoenician bases and it had safe harbours and it was strongly fortified and around it there was rich farm land and there were many forests around and this helped them in building their ships.

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