Successful Rome dominated the Western Mediterranean.
Carthage .
They were called the Punic Wars. There were three Punic Wars and the name came from the Roman word for Phoenician as Carthage was located in the territory that used to belong to the Phoenicians.
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The reason for the Punic Wars was competing interests and Romans expansion, which was eyeing Sicily, which had territory in Carthage. Punic was the Latin name for the Carthaginians. The Punic Wars were a series of 3 wars fought between Rome and city-state from 264 before Christ to 146 before Christ.
Rome and Carthage fought the three Punic Wars.
Rome gained control of the western Mediterranean.
The Punic Wars.
The Punic Wars had no self or selves.
Rome won the Punic Wars.
Carthage
Its success gave Rome control of the Western Mediterranean.
We call them today: First Punic War 264-241 BCE Second Punic War 218-201 BCE Third Punic War 149-146 BCE Punic comes from the Latin word Poenicus, which was their rendition of Phoenician. Carthage was originally a Phoenician colony (from the city of Tyre).