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Punic Wars: The Rise And Fall Of Rome

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In the course of the early republic, the Roman state rapidly grew both in power and size. Even though in 390 B.C the Gauls sacked and burned Rome, the Romans recuperated under Camillus’ leadership, who was a military hero. They eventually gained control of the entire Italian peninsula by 264 B.C. The Romans also fought wars known as the Punic Wars with Carthage, which was a powerful city-state in Northern Africa. The Romans had full control of the western Mediterranean and a part of Spain after the first two Punic Wars. In the third Punic Wars, Carthage was captured and destroyed by the Romans and the inhabitants who survived were sold into slavery. This led to a section of northern Africa becoming a Roman province. All of these military conquests
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