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Rome annexed mainland Greece in 176 BC. The last king of Pergamon (in western Turkey), an ally of Rome, died without male issue and bequeathed his kingdom to Rome in 133 BC. The last king King of Bithynia (in north-western Turkey) bequeathed his kingdom to Rome in 74 BC. Rome expanded further into Turkey, turned Armenia and Judea into client states and annexed Syria when she won the Third Mithridatic War against Mithridates VI, the king of Pontus (in north-eastern Turkey) in 63 BC. Rome annexed Egypt and eastern Libya when Mark Antony and her ally Cleopatra the VII of Egypt lost the civil war against Octavian in 30 BC
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Did Rome lose or gain power after the Punic Wars?
It gained control of the Western Mediterranean and a foothold in the Eastern Mediterranean.
What happend as a result o the wars with Carthage?
Rome eliminated its rival for control of the Western Mediterranean, and moved on to gain control of the Eastern Mediterranean.
How did the empire access to waterways help it to control the empire?
The Roman Empire first expanded around the Mediterranean and took over all the lands on its shores. This sea remained the heart of the empire. The Romans called it mare nostrum (our sea). Italy was/is between the eastern and western basins of the Mediterranean. This strategic location made it easier for the Romans to gain control over the western part first, and then expand into the eastern part and to control both of these basins.
How did the empires Access to waterways help it to control the empire?
The Roman Empire first expanded around the Mediterranean and took over all the lands on its shores. This sea remained the heart of the empire. The Romans called it mare nostrum (our sea). Italy was/is between the eastern and western basins of the Mediterranean. This strategic location made it easier for the Romans to gain control over the western part first, and then expand into the eastern part and to control both of these basins.
How did the empire's access to waterways help it to control the empire?
The Roman Empire first expanded around the Mediterranean and took over all the lands on its shores. This sea remained the heart of the empire. The Romans called it mare nostrum (our sea). Italy was/is between the eastern and western basins of the Mediterranean. This strategic location made it easier for the Romans to gain control over the western part first, and then expand into the eastern part and to control both of these basins.
Why did Romans fight the Punic Wars what did they gain?
Control of the Western Mediterranean; control of the Western Mediterranean.
Where did Romans gain control of after defeating Carthage?
The Western Mediterranean.
Why did the Romans want to extend their lands west of Carthage?
Carthage contested with Rome for control of the Western Mediterranean, and with the Carthaginians sold into slavery at the end of the Third Punic War, it had no real opposition. And as Macedonia had supported Carthage in the Second Punic War, Rome had a good excuse to enter into the Eastern Mediterranean to punish it.
He took control of the western roman empire after the death of his great uncle he then fought to become the sole ruler of the entire empire when he learned that Egypt was to gain part of the eastern?
mark Antony or octavian
What body of water did Rome gain control of when they won the Punic Wars?
After wining the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of the western Mediterranean Sea.
Why did Russia seize the Bosporus and Dardanelles when the Ottoman empire collapsed?
Control of these two straights would give them access to the Mediterranean sea. (for trade)
What was the purpose of the Punic Wars?
In the First Punic War, to gain control of Sicily. In the Second Punic War, to neutralise Carthage and gain dominanace of the Western Mediterranean. In the Third Punic War, to eliminate Carthage entirely as a threat or competitor.
