Original sentence: Although the series of wars, which included a Carthaginian invasion led by Hannibal, nearly prevented the rise of the Roman Republic, the First Punic War ultimately marked the beginning of a sixty year period of Roman expansion which would leave them in control of most of the Mediterranean basin.The victory by Rome was a turning point which meant that the civilization of the ancient Mediterranean would pass to the modern world via Europe instead of Africa
Edited sentence: Firstly, the consequences of this massive conflict led to the Hannibalic war, and therefore the rise of Rome to world prominence and the spread of western civilization.Lastly, it was the first major war the Roman Republic embarked upon outside the confines of peninsular Italy.Secondly, it continues to fascinate naval historians to this day for it was indeed the largest naval conflict of Antiquity.The First Punic War did not endanger the survival of either combatant nation, it was principally a conflict over the island of Sicily, but it did however mark the beginning of Rome's conquest of the Mediterranean.The First Punic War was a signficant conflict within history and is worthy of serious study, despite its neglect at the hands of Hannibal's devotees