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the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire

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europeans carried a hidden enemy to the indians: new diseases. native peoples of america had no immunity to the diseases that european explorers and colonists brought with them. diseases such as smallpox, influenza, measles, and even chicken pox proved deadly to american indians