Under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, a territory could apply for statehood when it had settlers and a written state .

60,000 settlers

Explanation:

When territory was just being settled, congress would appoint a governor, a secretary, and 3 judges. Step 2:Once the territory had 5,000 free adult male settlers, it could elect a legislature. Step 3:When the free population reached 60,000, the territory could ask to become a state.

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