HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Persia
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Gaul
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Greece
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Carthage
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rome defeated Carthage in three Punic (Phoenician) Wars and gained mastery of the western Mediterranean. The First Punic War (264-241 B.C.) Fighting chiefly on the island of Sicily and in the Mediterranean Sea, Rome’s citizen-soldiers eventually defeated Carthage’s mercenaries(hired foreign soldiers).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Punic Wars (264-241, 218-202, 149-146 B.C.) The Punic Wars (264-241, 218-202, 149-146 B.C.) During the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C., three wars were fought between Rome and Carthage.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the Punic Wars, the Romans gained control of much of the western Mediterranean. After the First Punic War, the Romans gained control of Sicily and other islands. After the Second Punic War, they gained control over Carthaginian holdings in Iberia and some portions of North Africa.