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The History of Rome, by Theodor Mommsen

Etext Book III From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States

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BOOK THIRD

From The Union of Italy To The Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States

Arduum res gestas scribere.

--Sallust.

Chapter I

Naval Power of Carthage

But the empire of Libya was only half of the power of Carthage; its maritime and colonial dominion had acquired, during the same period, a not less powerful development.
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