During the Roman Republic in the two centuries before the birth of Christ.
Answer:
During the Punic wars between 264 BC and 146 BC
Explanation:
The Punic wars were a conflict divided in three periods in which Rome fought against the Carthaginians to gain control of most of the region of the Mediterranean. Rome being victorious almost entirely and gaining control of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily (first one), Spain and Zama (second one) and ending with the control of Macedonia by 146 BC.
