To explore the Louisiana territory.
and
To establish a route across the continent.
The punic wars were a series of three wars against a single nation that dramatically transformed the roman world. the nation the romans fought was <span>Carthage</span>.
I believe here are the challenges:
<span>a) competition grom countries with larger economies (the strongest competitor come from United States, China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea)
</span><span>c) an aging population, ( In recent years they experienced about 77% increase in elderly population)
d) members with weak economies (Most notably is Greece which is really close to bankruptcy)</span>