Carthage was a settlement for retired soldiers.
The Roman Empire was huge and powerful.
Spain
The Roman Empire and Carthrage were fighting in the Punic Wars.
Roman Emperors were absolute rulers. Therefore they were the most powerful men in the empire.
he would make the roman empire more powerful
The Roman Empire .
The growing Roman empire and its North African proxies, and Carthage and its mercenaries.
Antioch was the third largest city in the Roman Empire.Antioch was certainly the third largest city in the Byzantine empire after Constantinople and Alexandria. Hoverer, the situation in the classical period of the Roman Empire is not sure. Rome and Alexandria were the two largest cities. The third largest one may have been one of these cities; Antioch, Ephesus or Carthage. These cities have a similar population estimate of 300,000-50O,000.
The Roman Empire was huge and powerful.
They were absorbed into the Persian Empire in the east, and Carthage was absorbed into the Roman Empire in the west.
Over control of the Western Mediterranean.
A turning point was he defeat of the Carthaginians in the Second Punic wars (218-201 BC). Carthage was Rome's main rival.
They used elephants
Carthage
It was over control of the Western Mediterranean.
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It found itself clashing with its ally Carthage in Sicily.