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The Punic Wars Changed The Way The Romans

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The Punic Wars changed the way the Romans viewed the world, it created change and caused many difficulties. The biggest change that occurred in Rome was the virtues of Rome. As Sallust stated, the virtues of Rome were destroyed after the Punic War because of the lust for power and for the growing love for money. After conquering many lands, Rome's greed and integrity caused a desire for strength; however, with that strength came evil. In the document, “Decline of the Republic”, we see greed and lust when it states, growing love for money, and the lust for power which followed it engendered every kind of evil. “Avarice destroyed honour, integrity, and every other virtue, and instead taught men to be proud and cruel, to neglect religion, and

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