punic wars. series fo 3 wars. rome vs carthage. 1st war was over sicily. 2nd war when hannibal became general of carthage and he wanted to avenge first defeat. hannibal attempted a sneak attack through the alps to attack and capture rome. 3rd war. scipio attacked carthage and hannibal retreated and fought back. rome defeated carthage in all 3 of the wars. each war was harder for the romans to win. war 1-2 rome was on the defensive aggressor in the last war. key players hannibal, scipio cininnatus. lasting effects. showed the civilizations in the medierrain that rome was a dominat force. by 70b.c. rome ahd conqured alot fo the land around the mediterrein coast. roman republic. shortly after their victories in the punic wars. the quick and rapid expansion began to hurt the empire. the land was gouing to large estate and the lower farmers were moving into town and thats how the civil wars started. julius caesar. debate information. another cicivl war broke out because of caesar death. avengers of casears death. octavian, mark anthony, lepidus avenged caesar and became the 2nd triumvirate. even jealousy here, octavion forced lepidus to retire his power to him. mark anthony fell in love with cleopatre and followed her to egypt. leaving octavin in charge of it all. augustus, the term given to octavin meaning exalted one. rome was at its peek of its power and at peace throughout augustus rule and even to 180b.c. pax romana roman peace.
agricultural was not only a necesity but a idealized among the social elite of the way of life. they grew greens and grapes. stuff grown there is artichoke, mustard, coriander, rocket, chives leeks and celery.
they also traded alot of the food they grown. they did alot of trading in the wine and olive oil.
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