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WiM001 - The Saylor Series | Episode 1 | The Rise of Man through The Stone and Iron Ages

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Why the Romans Won the First Punic War

The romans are getting beat up by the carthaginians. They take it apart to try to figure out how they make their ships. Niney days later, they made a hundred and 50 ships. To make a long story short, the romans won the first punic war,. And of course, the it's not that the romans invented everything. It's just the romans stole every good idea from every civilization... and because they lasted, we're able to read their histories. But youo, kind of blows your mind when you think that in five pilt you take the carthagenians invented that, maybe they stole it from the phoenicians.

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