What Was the Immediate Cause of the First Punic War

question 59

Multiple Choice

What was the immediate cause of the First Punic War?

• A)Carthaginian treachery in the Pyrrhic Wars
• B)Roman colonization in North Africa
• C)Carthaginian expansion along the Spanish and Italian coasts
• D)Rome sending an army to Sicily
• E)Cato's decision to destroy Carthage

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