HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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The First Punic War began when Rome resisted
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Hannibal’s attempt to cross the Alps.
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the revolt of the large land owners.
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Hannibal’s attack on a Spanish ally.
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Carthage’s attempt to seize the Strait of Messina.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The war began in 264 BC with the Romans gaining a foothold on Sicily at Messana (modern Messina). The Romans then pressed Syracuse, the only significant independent power on the island, into allying with them and laid siege to Carthage’s main base at Akragas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Punic Wars, also called Carthaginian Wars, (264–146 bce), a series of three wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian (Punic) empire, resulting in the destruction of Carthage, the enslavement of its population, and Roman hegemony over the western Mediterranean.
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