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Allies and Colonies

• Romans tighten there control over the Italian peninsula

Punic wars

• 264 to 146 B.C
• 700 Bc the Phoenician coloisits , carthage become an oligarchic and empire building repulic similar to rome and had spread its infulence across North Africa, southern Spain, Sardinia, and Silcily

Conquering an Empire

• Carthage in Sicily, Spain , and Africa were the 1st Roman Provinces
• Rome's first involvement was in Greece, and grew out of a special invitation 
• 200 B.C ambassadors from various Greek city states appealed to Rome for aid on resisting the king of Macedonia