The Third Punic War
•In
146 BC came the end of the Third
Punic War, which had begun three
years earlier.
•Scipio
Africanus Minor captured and
destroyed Carthage, thus bringing
to an end the Carthaginian
empire, whose territory
became the Roman province of
Africa.
•A
series of Spanish campaigns ended
with the conquering of most
of the rest of Spain in 133 BC.
•Thus
in 131 years Rome had developed
from a land power controlling
only the Italian peninsula to
a world empire.
•From
Syria to Spain the Mediterranean
was now dominated by Rome.
• During this period the Romans made great cultural advances.
