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History Buff: Southwest Airlines’ new route expansion is eerily mirroring the Roman road network—building direct paths to strategic hubs like Nashville and San Juan, bypassing legacy carrier bottlenecks, just as Rome laid straight roads to outposts. This echoes the Punic Wars’ logistical shift, where quicker supply lines won battles, not just armies. The difference: today’s conquest is market share, not territory, but the pattern of connecting key nodes for dominance is identical. Expect rivals to retaliate with ‘Carthaginian’ alliances or fare wars.