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How did Rome defeat Carthage to become the ruler of the Mediterranean region?
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By defeating Carthage, Rome gained control over the western basin of the Mediterranean. She did not gain control over the eastern Mediterranean.
In the First Punic War (264-241 BC) Rome defeated Carthage in Sicily and gained control over Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia.
In the Second Punic War (218-201 BC) Rome repelled an invasion of Italy by Hannibal, a Carthaginian general, and defeated the Carthaginians in southern Spain and took over their possessions there. Carthage was left with only her homeland territory (Tunisia and western Libya).
Rome fought the Third Punic War (149-146 BC) because she wanted to destroy Carthage, which she did.
Through three wars.
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