In 241 BC Rome emerged triumphant from her twenty-three year's struggle with Carthage. However, the years to follow are a neglected period in Roman history. Modern scholarship regards this period mainly as a prelude to the second clash between Rome and Carthage. Such an interpretation overshadows the important political, economic and social processes which took place in the aftermath of the First Punic War.

This study discusses the important developments in domestic affairs and policies of mid-republican Rome.