¨I promise by my faith that from this day forward I will be faithful to [my lord]... and will maintain towards him my homage entirely against every man in good faith and without deception¨ - These words were most likely spoken by a * -vassal
-fief
-pagan
-reeve

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~courtney

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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