Rome suffered changes due to the wars against Carthage. The Senate had picked up in power and renown in respect to the general population's congregations, the Comitia Plebis.
The Romans rose up out of the Punic wars with the across the board understanding that the most important authority over the military lay with the Senate, that it was the Senate's business to know, exhort and control, and the Senate's business to choose the subject of war or harmony and other outside approach matters.
