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To: redgolum

Egypt was the bread basket for the world during this time.

I thought it was Carthage, which is why the Punic Wars were central to the success of the Roman Republic, and later the Empire.

18 posted on 07/10/2014 2:42:20 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)

To: chajin

North Africa had a lot of grain, but they consumed a lot also.
For the late Republic, control of Egypt was the only way to keep Rome fed.

22 posted on 07/10/2014 3:59:01 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)

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