Anient+RomeLR

The city of Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus. The Plebians and Patricians were different groups in the Early Republic. Romes power grew slowly but steadily they controlled the Italian Peninsula. In 264 B.C. Rome and Carthage went into war. The Punic Wars lasted from 264 to 146 B.C. Rome comes out and beats Carthage for control. Rome had a weak economy. That is one of the reasons that Rome fell. Among low confidence in the Empire, and low funds of defense.