Carthage was Rome's main rival in the third century BCE. The Carthaginians were able merchants, wealthy, well-connected, knowledgeable, and they had a strong land and sea military. Definitely trouble for Rome, and not that far away.
When Rome defeated Carthage in the Second Punic War, it cleared the way for Rome to dominate the trade of the western Mediterranean. And since the Greek states seemed intent on destroying each other (and Athens itself from within), this really allowed Rome a safe neighborhood in which to become dominant.
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A fair tax system was placed on the entire kingdom
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It's strength was it's military and the weakness would be it's navy...
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Violence was on the rise, making danger a regular aspect of African American life. Black schools were vandalized and destroyed, and bands of violent white people attacked, tortured and lynched Black citizens in the night. Families were attacked and forced off their land all across the South.
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