CHAPTER V

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PUNIC WARS AND WARS OF MACEDONIA AND ASIA (488-621).

I. COMPARISON BETWEEN ROME AND CARTHAGE 155

II. FIRST PUNIC WAR (490-513) 158

III. WAR OF ILLYRIA (525) 165

IV. INVASION OF THE CISALPINES (528) 167

V. SECOND PUNIC WAR (536-552) 169

VI. RESULTS OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR 182

VII. THE MACEDONIAN WAR (554) 189

VIII. WAR AGAINST ANTIOCHUS (563) 194

IX. THE WAR IN THE CISALPINE (558-579) 196

X. WAR AGAINST PERSIA (583) 199

XI. MODIFICATION OF ROMAN POLICY 204

XII. THIRD PUNIC WAR (605-608) 212

XIII. GREECE, MACEDONIA, NUMANTIA, AND PERGAMUS REDUCED TO PROVINCES 215

XIV. SUMMARY 219

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