Rome sold its people into slavery and turned it into a colony to resettle retired war veterans.
The Punic wars were between the Romans and the Carthaginians who were decendant from the phoenicians. The Romans won and destroyed Carthage.
Romans and Carthaginians.
The Carthaginians were on one side, Rome on the other. The Romans won all three wars and destroyed Carthage, ad so began their imperial expansion through the Mediterranean.
Carthaginians and Romans
The Romans and the Carthaginians.
Everybody! :) They were at war with about all their neigbors all the time. They fought the German tribes, the British tribes, the French tribes, the Northern Greeks, Romanian and Hungarian sorts, the people of the Russian steppe, the Iranians, the Iraqis, the Turks... you get the idea. There were all sorts of barbaric tribes that Rome fought. They were less advanced technologically and, for the most part, easily beaten. Historically, the Romans had real trouble with the Huns, the Goths, the Carthaginians, and the Parthians. Everybody else was just a nuisance to be beaten to plant another Roman flag on the ground. I hope I helped.
Over control of the Western Mediterranean.
Mediterranean Sea.
The Carthaginians were sea traders and had a fleet of warships to protect it. The Romans were extending their empire by land. The two were allies for a period - a convenient way of combining complimentary strengths.
The Punic Wars.
For dominance of the Western Mediterranean.
Hannibal (representing the Carthaginians) and the Romans