HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
trading rights in the Mediterranean.
|
|
|
civil war between Carthage and Sicily.
|
|
|
forced service in the Roman army.
|
|
|
the land invasion of Rome by Carthage.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -At the time of Augustus’s reign, the Roman Empire had solidified control over the Italian peninsula, established North African colonies following its victory over Carthage during the Punic Wars and controlled large swaths of territory in Spain and Gaul.
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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mediterranean trade. Its chief rival, located across the Mediterranean in northern Africa, was the city-state of Carthage. Originally a Phoenician colony, Carthage had become a powerful commercial empire. Rome defeated Carthage in three Punic (Phoenician) Wars and gained mastery of the western Mediterranean.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main cause of the Punic Wars was the conflict of interest between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. At the start of the first Punic War, Carthage was the dominant power of the Western Mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire.