How many things in martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech have been accomplished today and how many more still need to be done.

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

i'm pretty sure it would be, the mediterranean sea.