Were the Punic Wars the most important era of the Republic? Why or why not?
The Punic Wars were very important to the era of the Republic. In the rise of the Roman Republic, the Punic Wars were the largest threat to Romes rule. Also, without the Punic Wars, Rome would not have gotten the experience in fighting needed to keep the Republic under control from outside threats. Without the Punic Wars, Rome would have quickly risen to power, but quickly fallen due to a lack of military strength, preventing it from being a great republic, and later an empire. So, based off of this, I'd say that the Punic Wars were most important in the Era of the Republic.
I agree, the Punic Wars certainly leveraged the Romans into becoming a massive expansionist power. In which ways did the Punic Wars create problems within Rome itself both socially and economically?
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