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Cloze 11.3 Growth of Territory One reason for the Roman success was the ____________ of the _____. Soldiers were organized in ________ (LEE-juhnz), or groups of up to _______ soldiers. Each legion was divided into __________, or groups of ____ soldiers. This organization allowed the army to be very flexible. It could fight as a large group or as several small ones. This __________ allowed the Romans to defeat most enemies. The Punic Wars The fiercest of the wars Rome fought were the ______ Wars, a series of wars against Carthage, a city in northern Africa. The word ______ means “Phoenician” in Latin. As you learned earlier in this book, the Phoenicians were an ancient civilization that had built the city of Carthage. _____ and __________ went to war three times between 264 and 146 BC. The wars began when _________ sent its armies to Sicily, an island just southwest of Italy. In response, the _________ also sent an army to the island. Before long, ____ broke out between them. After almost ___ years of fighting, the Romans forced their enemies out and took control of Sicily. In 218 BC Carthage tried to attack _____ itself. An army led by the brilliant general __________ set out for ______. Although he forced the Romans right to the edge of defeat, __________ was never able to capture _____ itself. In the meantime, the Romans sent an army to attack __________. Hannibal _________ ______ to defend his city, but his troops were defeated at _____ in the battle illustrated below. Review: 1. Which Carthaginian general led war elephants to attack Rome in the 2nd Punic War? 2. What was the result of the Punic Wars. 3. Define legions?