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Which issue first led to war between Rome and Carhage?
A the ability to get whear from Egypt
B the right to start colonies in Spain
the use of chariots in warfare
control of trade in the Mediterranean
The immediate cause of the war was the issue of control of the independent Sicilian city state of Messana (modern Messina). In 264 BC Carthage and Rome went to war, starting the First Punic War.
