Rome and Carthage fought each other for the control of the Mediterranean trade. Whoever controlled the trade routs, controlled the wealth.
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For dominance of the Western Mediterranean.
The three wars between Rome and Carthage were all won by Rome. Both city-states paid a heavy cost in lives in fighting each other in what are called the Punic Wars. The result of the wars was a reduction and finally the total destruction of Carthage. Rome on the other hand began its empire as a result of placing important lands in the Mediterranean Sea under their control.
Rome and Carthage fought each other in the First, Second and Third Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC and 149-146 BC).
The two were commercial rivals inasmuch as the two both sought hegemony throughout the Mediterranean region .
Initially over Carthage's expansion in Spain, but overall it became a struggle for control of the Western Mediterranean.
The Punic Wars, a series of far-ranging and fierce hostilities between Rome and Carthage in ancient times, initially began in a dispute centered on the island of Sicily. Local powers on that island, fighting each other, reached out for help from larger powers to their north and south. Those powers, Rome and Carthage, soon came to blows with each other on both land and sea in what has come to be known as the First Punic War.
The city-states of Rome and Carthage fought three wars against each other - the three Punic wars. In each war Rome won and took over some Carthaginian territories. With the first war Rome took over Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica. With the second war she took over southern Spain. In the last war Rome destroyed Carthage and took over her remaining territories: Tunisia and western Libya.
The Senate of each city-state.
Carthage dominated trade in the Western Mediterranean, and in the process established a strong navy to protect it. Rome had gained control of Italy and its ambitious aristocracy was looking to extend this into Spain and Sicily. A clash was inevitable.
A struggle for control of the Western Mediterranean between Rome and Carthage.
Carthage did not give anyone to Rome. Rome captured prisoners of war, but they were not actually given to her by Carthage. Rome demanded that Carthage surrender Hannibal to her, but he fled into exile in the eastern Mediterranean.