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Because Carthage was its one remaining big competitor for power over the Western Mediterranen at the time. It was richer than Rome and controlled large areas in North Africa, Spain, southern France and Sicily. It took three wars because the Romans were out to completely destroy Carthage as a nation and as a competitor.
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∙ 13y agoRome and Carthage fought for control of the Western Mediterraenean sea because of its vast trade opportunities.
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∙ 6y agoRome, having gained dominance of Italy, came into conflict with its previous ally Carthage when it decided to move into Sicily as Carthage was attempting to expand its influence there.
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∙ 12y agoBecause the Romans conqured them so they burned everything down because they hated the cartheragians. (:
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becuace they wanted power
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Why might the Romans have wanted to create stories about their city's humble origins?
To seem more powerful
Why might Romans have wanted to create stories about their city's humble origin?
r u from the grade 8
Why were the Romans eventually able to conquer ancient Greece?
The Romans were very good at implementing technologies from neighboring cultures. They were mostly farmers in the beginning, making them a healthy and strong stock. Their aggresive culture, coupled with their strength and technological superiority made them a powerful force. They worked hard to conquer Italy, but when it was time for them to expand, there were no other powers in the world with the resources or military might nearby to defeat them. Once they defeated Carthage, there was no nation nearby or anywhere else in sight that could beat them for a long time. They used their superiority to beat nation after nation in a domino effect. That's why, in my opinion. Some believe it is because of their brutality (they wiped out and enslaved entire peoples without opposition), some believe that the Romans were just more intelligent (not true; their cultural intelligence came from Greece, who didn't amount to much internationally). I hope I helped.
What was the value of pi for the Romans?
The Romans gave a value of 3.1416 to pi. This was given around 150 AD by a Greek-Roman scientist Ptolemy. It is believed that he might have obtained the value from Archimedes or Apollonius who had accomplished works in the field.
Why did the Romans abandon their gods?
they didnt 'abandon them' Constantine the great converted the roman empire from its pagan routs into Christianity, if he didnt then we might still have them today
Were the Arabs Romans?
No, Arabs were never in there past Romans, But The Romans did conquer Arab land in the past and built several cities in Arab land, So one might think that Arabs were once Romans but actually they aren't (because of architecture of the buildings)
Why might the Romans have wanted to create stories about their city's humble origins?
To seem more powerful
Why do did you copy the Romans in mosaics?
because we wanted to show people how talented we are (but some of us might not want to do that
Why might Romans have wanted to create stories about their city's humble origin?
r u from the grade 8
Where were Carthage located and why did it complete with Rome?
Carthage was modern day Tunisia and it competed with Rome because Rome invaded Sicily and there was a treaty between the Romans and Carthaginians to not attack the Greek colonies on Sicily.
Was hannibals bold plan to invade Italy a good or bad idea?
While Hannibal's plan did allow him to bypass the Roman army and sack the city of Rome itself, Carthage did ultimate lose the war. It's impossible to know if there was anything that Hannibal could have done "better." It's entirely possible that Rome was always going to win the war no matter what Carthage did, simply because they were so much bigger and more powerful that Carthage had no chance to defeat them. The fact that they prevailed in spite of the capital being sacked certainly adds credence to that argument. One should also note that following the war the Romans destroyed Carthage completely. They did not subjugate it or add it to the empire, but wiped it out of existence. You could, again, argue that they would have done that no matter what, but you could also make the case that they destroyed Carthage because of Hannibal's attack on the city of Rome. If you take those views together, then it was certainly a bad idea, and in the long run only provoked the Romans into even greater reprisals against Carthage. Had Hannibal fought a conventional war then he would still have lost, but the Romans might not have destroyed Carthage completely after their victory.
Why did the Carthage decal air war?
In the First Punic War Carthage delicate war because she was worried that the Romans might threaten her possessions in western Sicily. Rome had landed in in northeastern Sicily to help some mercenaries who had seized the city of Messana from the attack of Syracuse, the most powerful of the Greek city-states in eastern and southern Sicily. She then defeated Syracuse and forced her to became a Roman ally. At this point Carthage mobilised for war against this combined power. In the Second and Third Punic Wars, it was Rome which declared war against Carthage.
Why did England conquer the Caribbean?
There are many reasons why they could have decide to conquer it: . trade-they maybe wanted a wider range of goods to interchange with other countries .The king might have wanted to largen the british empire . The need of more slaves .More land for prisoners to be sent to .More land to wrok on and grow crops . A varity of different animals .More slaves to sell Hope that helped.
Why did Rome decide to fight three wars with Carthage?
1 punic war-Rome and carthage both wanted the islands between them for trade..so carthrage and rome fought for 23 years over them (carthage was more powerful so they were winning in sea battles)...but then rome invented the "raven".A claw attached to their ships to hook to the carthegean ships and make a bridge..therefore the romans would board and take over carthragean ships.So rome won.2punic war - A guy named hannibal wanted to get revenge on rome..so he takes the land route to get there with his elephants and his army..but they stop in spain for 4 year..and while they are in spain rome attacks their defencless city and absolutly destroys it taking their villagers as slaves.3 punic war-carthrage still wants revenge but rome surrounds their city with boats and armys..leaving the city to die of starvation and diesease..THE END...also im 99% percent sure all these facts are right but their are many more details to include if u were writing an essay.Thank you.
How might the world be different today if Carthage had won the Punic Wars?
There were three Punic War which Carthage lost over 120 years. If Rome had lost the third one, they would have continued on to a fourth one. Carthage was their barrier to control of the Mediterranean Sea.
Who was the famous person who used elephants in a most famous journey?
You might be talking about Hannibal the Military commander of Carthage.
Why did Pope Urban II want to capture the Holy Land?
Its either:He wanted to conquer Constaninople.He wanted to control trade routes.He wanted Muslim pilgrims to be able to visit the holy land.He thought a crusade would unite Europe.
