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Previously allies in the western Mediterranean, as Carthage attempted to assert dominance in Sicily, Rome ambitions to expand after dominating Italy brought it into confrontation and conflict with Carthage at Rhegium, and this escalated into the First Punic War. This led to two more wars until Rome captured Carthage and sold its people into slavery to eliminate its resilient rival.

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