C. The system kept farmers in poverty.
Answer:
A.)
Rome wanted to expand its empire and Carthage threatened to control the Mediterranean.
Explanation:
The main cause of the Punic Wars was the conflicts of interest between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily, part of which lay under Carthaginian control.
The technique of Robert Browning in "my last duchess" is known as a dramatic monologue. This is so because all the poem is expressed in one voice only, as oppossed to a dialogue, where more voices would appear. And it is dramatic because it contains all the elements of drama.
The settlers were raided during the year 1609