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Dec 2014
1h 6m

War of Gods and Demons

INSTITUTE OF CATHOLIC CULTURE
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Control of the Mediterranean Sea was not the motive of the young Roman Republic when she first joined the battle with the idol-worshiping empire of Carthage in 265 B.C. More than a century later, however, Carthage was dust and Rome was becoming the undisputed power of the known world. Why did the citizen soldiers of an agrarian republic take down a mighty co ... Show More
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