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After the Second Punic War, Rome began to assemble its empire, and began constricting the defeated Carthage's trading dominance. Elimination of Carthage after the Third Punic War, its competition was eliminated completely.

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The territory Rome gained control of around the Western Mediterranean expanded the trade potential greatly, especially as they took over the massive trading empire which had sustained the Carthaginians.

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