3. Early Rome  The first Romans were Latins and Estruscans.  Etruscans came to take over the Latins and created the city of Rome.  The poor people didn’t like the way the Etruscan King ran things so they made him leave and created a republic and began to make a strong army.  Rome had a great area, not right on the sea, it has the barrier of the Alps mountains.

4. The Punic Wars  Fought between Rome (Europe) and Carthage (Africa)  Rome wanted to control all of the Mediterranean  The First Punic War was fought over Sicily (Rome won)  The Second Punic War started with Hannibal from Carthage did a surprise attack on Rome (Rome won and really weakened Carthage)  Third Punic War, Rome attacked Carthage by water and after 3 years completely destroyed and took over Carthage. (Rome wins again!)

5. Find the following places: Carthage, Rome, Mediterranean

6. Punic War Summary  Effects of the Punic Wars  Rome’s army became larger and became the most powerful in all of the Mediterranean Sea.  The Roman social structure completely changed!  Rome became the most dominating power in the area  The Roman Empire got started and the Roman Republic was kicked out  Romans got very rich from the slaves that worked on their large amounts of land  Rome got rich!!! The economy was even better!!!

7. Put an “x” next to the wrong statement  The Roman empire became more rich after the Punic Wars  The Romans got more land because of the Punic Wars  The first Punic War was fought over the land of Sicily.  The Romans became poor because the wars cost so much.

8. Where are the Roman Enemies in the 2 nd Punic War? Rome is in red, and pink areas, Carthage is the blue area