Evaluate the changes to roman society due to the punic wars?

Question

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Answer 1

they started as a backward little city and ended as a superpower controlling over half of the known (at their time) world

from zero ships to complete control of the seas

from a minor player in the economy to a monopoly in the grain and oil trade

from a draftee citizen army to a fully professional volunteer military (reforms of Marius)

Answer 2

Try these links

http://www.terrill.ca/courses/clas202/co...

http://library.thinkquest.org/26907/soci...

http://www.romansociety.org/Webjrs97.htm

http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soci...