When men were away at war, the rich would offer money to the women for the farm/family business/ whatever. The Gracchus brothers were two men who were elected into the assembly who tried to help the poor by asking the rich to give the people their land back. They got the law passed to the senate before they were killed, and the law was overturned.
Latifundia (I think that's how you spell it)- the big estates the rich accumulated
Rome had all of Italy south of the River Po. The Carthaginians' interest in Sicily brought them into conflict with Rome. The Punic wars lasted between 264 and 146 BC in three rounds. In the first round, Rome forced Carthage out of Sicily but the North African city kept the rest of its empire. In the second round, Hannibal, a Carthaginian general invaded Italy but lost due to their dwindling numbers. Rome Provoked a third war due to fear of revival, and the Senate ordered that the land be leveled and the people be sold to slavery.
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