those invaded were compleatly "dependent" on the romans for food,,,,,,they had to obey,, hanable of carthrage took this to a new sience his troops went across the fields gathering the food and water for their stores and the slaves they freed "being thankfull" then joined forces and so they had replacements,,sherman in the cival war seeing this went from the north to the gulf coast to stop the flow of food,supplies ect. from supporting the south and fed his troops the same way.,,,,,,,,,,,,the first law after the formation of the intrem gov. in iraq was that they could not save their seed and that they must buy them from the u.s.,,,,,,,,,,why???,,,,,,,,dependence,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,its the oppasite of independence