Timeline of Roman History: 200 BC - AD 500
In the western Mediterranean, the city-state of Rome has expanded her power throughout Italy, and then fought two great wars with her formidable foe, Carthage. In the second struggle the brilliant Carthaginian general Hannibal came near to destroying the Roman domination of Italy, but Rome's allies remained largely loyal and the huge reservoir of Italian military manpower that Rome was able to call on enabled her to survive, and then go on to victory.
The Romans' victory has given them control of Carthage's former territories in Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Spain. Rome now effectively controls the entire western Mediterranean.
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