What were the effects on Rome of the Punic wars?
The Second Punic War also turned Rome east. Philip V of Macedonia had supported Carthage, and Rome determined to put him down after they had defeated Carthage. This brought Rome into Greek affairs, and drew them by the 1st Century BCE to conquer the eastern Mediterranean, reducing the Hellenistic kingdoms to provinces or client kingdoms. This brought huge wealth and ongoing revenues, and established the Roman Empire stretching from Britain to the Euphrates River.
