Before 1937, when dictators in japan, germany, and italy came to power, the united states wanted to

a variant spelling of the word dote (british)

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire