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Rising Rivalry between Rome and Cartilage 277
household equipment and city
Gilding,
itself
and
g- The city of Carthage
was luxurious and splendid,
'n area it was three times as
,arge as Rome.
^ the fourth century B.C., be-
re Rome had gained the leader-
StlIP of Italy, when the Roman
f^rchants were still doing a small
Usmess, the Senate had made a
treaty witn Carthage, in which it
*as agreed that no Carthaginian
^hips should trade in the ports of
% and no Roman ships would
enter the harbors of Sicily. With
"Creasing vexation the merchants
°^ Italy realized that Rome had
Sained the supremacy of Italy and
Pushed her frontiers to the squth-
ernmost tip of the peninsula, only
to look across and find that the
Merchant princes of Carthage held
the markets of Sicily and had
^ade the western Mediterranean
a Carthaginian sea.
Indeed, Carthage was gaining a
Position which might cut off Rome
0l*i communication with even her
°wn ports on the Adriatic side of
a'y- To reach them, Roman ships
^Ust pass through the Strait of
essina, between Italy and Sicily.
e can understand the dread with
*hich Italian merchants looked
s°uthward, thinking of the day
NA (1 R.HSP.VS M l 1 if c\'\\ i!
538. Early
commercial
treaties and
the growing
friction
between
Carthage
and Rome
Fig. 103. A Roman Sol-
dier of the Legion
The figure of the soldier is
carved upon a tombstone,
erected in his memory by
his brother. His offensive
weapons are his spear (pilum),
which he holds in his extended
right hand with point upward,
and his heavy short sword
[gladius), which he wears
girded high on his right side
(see § 541). As defensive
equipment he has a helmet,
a leathern corselet stopping
midway between the waist and
knees, and a shield (scutum)
539. Danger
to Rome in
the threat-
ened loss of
the Strait
of Messina
household equipment and city
Gilding,
itself
and
g- The city of Carthage
was luxurious and splendid,
'n area it was three times as
,arge as Rome.
^ the fourth century B.C., be-
re Rome had gained the leader-
StlIP of Italy, when the Roman
f^rchants were still doing a small
Usmess, the Senate had made a
treaty witn Carthage, in which it
*as agreed that no Carthaginian
^hips should trade in the ports of
% and no Roman ships would
enter the harbors of Sicily. With
"Creasing vexation the merchants
°^ Italy realized that Rome had
Sained the supremacy of Italy and
Pushed her frontiers to the squth-
ernmost tip of the peninsula, only
to look across and find that the
Merchant princes of Carthage held
the markets of Sicily and had
^ade the western Mediterranean
a Carthaginian sea.
Indeed, Carthage was gaining a
Position which might cut off Rome
0l*i communication with even her
°wn ports on the Adriatic side of
a'y- To reach them, Roman ships
^Ust pass through the Strait of
essina, between Italy and Sicily.
e can understand the dread with
*hich Italian merchants looked
s°uthward, thinking of the day
NA (1 R.HSP.VS M l 1 if c\'\\ i!
538. Early
commercial
treaties and
the growing
friction
between
Carthage
and Rome
Fig. 103. A Roman Sol-
dier of the Legion
The figure of the soldier is
carved upon a tombstone,
erected in his memory by
his brother. His offensive
weapons are his spear (pilum),
which he holds in his extended
right hand with point upward,
and his heavy short sword
[gladius), which he wears
girded high on his right side
(see § 541). As defensive
equipment he has a helmet,
a leathern corselet stopping
midway between the waist and
knees, and a shield (scutum)
539. Danger
to Rome in
the threat-
ened loss of
the Strait
of Messina