The Boer Wars and the Russo-Japanese War are examples of -

you aint got nothin on my lil weenies

c. free trade can lead to low pay for workers in poorer countries.

are you asking for our opinion?

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire