. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . Roman Copper Coin of about 338 b. c. Shows Head of Janus upon one side, the Prow of aShip upon the other. 2S2 THE STORY OF ROME. Roman Silvbb (\un OF C 269 B. C. Minted it Capua. Tli«> Head of the GodJanus Shows the strongGreek tnfluenoe. the os, with the head of Janus on one side and the bow of a ship on the other. The lack of silver coins must havehampered Home greatly in commerce with other peoples,and shows that the city had not yet entered into the largerbusiness of over-sea trade. When Tarentum was taken, the bi
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . Roman Copper Coin of about 338 b. c. Shows Head of Janus upon one side, the Prow of aShip upon the other. 2S2 THE STORY OF ROME. Roman Silvbb (\un OF C 269 B. C. Minted it Capua. Tli«> Head of the GodJanus Shows the strongGreek tnfluenoe. the os, with the head of Janus on one side and the bow of a ship on the other. The lack of silver coins must havehampered Home greatly in commerce with other peoples,and shows that the city had not yet entered into the largerbusiness of over-sea trade. When Tarentum was taken, the biggest commercial portof Italy became Romes subject, and the Romans began tothink of the advantages of foreign 200 , the first silver coinageof the republic appeared, and Rome wasready to break into the worlds every way, therefore, Carthage triedto keep the foreign trade of Rome withinthe narrowest possible limits. 356. Immediate Cause of the FirstPunic War.—The occasion which actuallybrought on the war was an incident initself not important. A band of Italianmercenary soldiers, being out of employ-ment, had seized the Sicilian city of Messana, murdered theciti
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