How Did The Punic Wars Affect Roman Society

264 Words2 Pages
The Punic Wars affected greatly the Roman Society. First, the dominance of the Roman’s lands expanded: Sicily, north coast of Africa, and Spain. This lead Rome to dominate the so wanted power in the western commerce of the Mediterranean world since Rome always envied the wealth that Carthage gained since they had the busiest trading post in the Mediterranean Sea.
Rome was already an empire on terms of conquered territories. However, this expansion of territories gained by the Romans finishes tearing down the Roman Republic, initiating later the new period called the Roman Empire.
At the beginning of the Punic Wars Rome didn’t have experience on how to fight in the sea against Carthage since most of the ships that Rome got in that time were