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Before Rome and Carthage start fighting for control of the Mediterranean, they first have to learn how to afford it. This episode dives into the economies that made two very different republics work: Carthage’s far-flung webof traders, miners, and merchants versus Rome’s sturdy network of farmers, soldiers, and tax collectors.

We’ll follow silver caravans from Spain, grain ships from Africa, andRoman roads stretching out like stone spreadsheets across Italy — all setting the stage for the world’s first truly global economy.

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