What triggered the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage?
A) A dispute over Sicily, where Rome wished to prevent Carthaginian troops from being too close to Roman territory
B) The march of Hannibal over the Alps and into the heart of Italy
C) A dispute over the establishment of Roman trading outposts in North Africa, which had historically been part of the Carthaginian sphere of influence
D) Roman outrage at Carthaginian practices of child sacrifice
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