After Rome Had Twice Defeated Carthage,a Third Punic War

question 7

Multiple Choice

After Rome had twice defeated Carthage,a Third Punic War:

• A) was unthinkable to most statesmen in the mid-second century B.C.E.
• B) left Rome defeated and in ruins.
• C) ran contrary to Roman public opinion and principles of international law.
• D) ended in disaster for the Roman Expeditionary Force in North Africa.
• E) was provoked by war hawks who thought Carthage must be destroyed.

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