CLEP Western Civ I

Answer: B - In 146 BCE, the Roman Republic annexed Macedon and Africa as Roman provinces. Rome acquired Macedon- once the domain of Alexander the Great- after the conclusion of the Fourth Macedonian War. They acquired Africa after defeating Hannibal’s Carthage in the Third Punic War. The province of Africa did not include the entire continent; rather, it consisted solely of Tunisia and portions of present-day Libya, which was on the Mediterranean Sea. Rome’s territory continued to expand considerably for the next couple of centuries as the republic ultimately gave way to the Roman Empire.