A treaty was signed which admitted Rome into the Latin League, and Rome quickly became the leader and master of central Italy
The Romans won the battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BCE. In 405 BCE, Rome and Etruria entered into a conflict over control of the Tiber River. In 351 BCE, southern Italy was annexed to Rome
In about 300 BCE, the Romans finally managed to put together a semblance of order among the tribes. Rome was now master of Italy and the seas from Gaul to Greece
In 280 BCE, Pyrrhus defeated the Romans at Heraclea, he was unable to follow up his victory. It is from this historical event that we get the term " Pyrrhic victory."
This was the first victory of the Roman maniples over the Greek phalanxes and began a new chapter in the history of military tactics.
Colonies served the purpose of relieving unemployment, reduced population pressure, and quieted class strife; were an extended line of defense for Rome
the Latin language spread as Italy was forged into a united state
Carthage were harassing Roman shipping from Tyre and Sidon to the Guadalquivir River
Pyrrhus lost a battle to the Romans at Regentum. This was the first victory of the Roman maniples over the Greek phalanxes and began a new chapter in the history of military tactics
Latins had given the name " Africa" to the region around Carthage and Utica, and they called the population there " Poeni, " the Phoenicians.
The Phoenicians migrated to North Africa under pressure from the great empires of Asia, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and the Greeks
Carthage was expanding right to the borders of Rome (the western half of Sicily)
Their religions had the worst features of Canaanite worshi
The Phoenicians had originated on the eastern Mediterranean coast, around Tyre and Sidon
