 Complete the following phrase:  The Roman conquest of Corsica began in 259 BC, when Lucius Cornelius Scipio captured Aleria Greek Alalia and several Corsican tribes, in the course of the First Punic War. The Roman invasion of the island marked the expansion of the war beyond Sicily to the entire western Mediterranean. In the subsequent peace treaty in 241 BC between the Romans and the defeated Carthaginians, there was no indication that Corsica or Sardinia would pass into the Roman sphere of influence. But, since the Carthaginians were occupied with the 