Which of the following statements describes how the punic wars contributed to the development of the roman empire?
a) they allowed the romans to focus more on expanding into the western mediterranean.
b) they resulted in the overthrow of the roman republic and establishment of the empire.
c) they marked the end of roman expansion in the mediterranean region.
d) they forced the romans to reorganize their government with an emperor as ruler.

The answer is, they allowed the Romans to focus more on expanding into the Western Mediterranean

Explanation:

Punic wars were a sequence of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 BC to 146 BC. The main root of the war was the dispute between the surviving Carthaginian Empire and the surviving Roman Empire. The Roman was interested in expanding their empire to Sicily which is under the control of the Carthaginian. The first Punic war was between 264 BC to 241 BC, during the war the Carthage was the one controlling the Western Mediterranean, but they lost the control of western Mediterranean in the third war after they were conquered by the Roman Soldier, which makes the Roman becomes the powerful state of the Western Mediterranean.

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