Question

All of the following effects occurred as a result of Roman expansion following the Punic Wars except:

it brought in great wealth from conquered territories

it allowed many Romans to buy large farming estates

it provided slave labor for the large farming estates

it caused the Roman economy to decline due to the high cost of war

Answer 1

I believe the answer would be D.

Step-by-step explanation:

The following excerpt from my textbook states 3 options in the question, but does not have the last one.

"After the Punic Wars, great wealth flowed into Rome from its conquered lands. This changed the social order in Rome. Many Romans grew very rich. Members of this new social class had enough wealth to enjoy a life of luxury. Throughout Italy they bought land and used it to create huge farming estates. Many grew cash crops to sell for a profit in the cities. These large landowners forced people captured in war to work on their estates as slaves."

Answer 2

All of the following effects occurred as a result of Roman expansion following the Punic Wars except "it allowed many Romans to buy large farming estates".

Answer: Option B

Step-by-step explanation:

The expansion of Rome in Italy encompasses a number of conflicts in which Rome developed from being a small Italian city-state to command fully the Italian peninsula. The expansion causes were more confusing ad puzzled than simply land wars and also related to the frequency of warfare in the early period of growth of Rome.

The roman expansion became root for Punic wars, it brought great wealth from conquered territories, provided slave labor for large farming estates and declined the Roman economy due to high cost of war but it didn't allowed Romans to buy large farming estates in order to engage them in series of devastating wars.