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The first direct conflict with Carthage, used here to show Rome learning naval power through attrition.
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First Punic War
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Rome's first naval struggle with Carthage is presented as another attritional pattern: Rome loses ships, builds more, loses again, then builds until Carthage is overwhelmed.
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"...conflict with Carthage. And this starts what is called the First Punic War. Now, there's a problem. Carthage is a naval power. Rome is..."
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"So... So the Carthaginians surrender the First Punic War. They surrender the Second Punic War. And the Third Punic War, guess what happens? They're..."
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