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Turning point · The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
The Mamertine appeal
264 BC — Italian mercenaries holding Messana ask Rome for help against Carthage. The Senate hesitates; the assembly votes war. Legions cross salt water for the first time.
This is one scene of Chapter 1 — The Republic and Its Rival in The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476.
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