What were hernando cortes's hidden motives in his letter to emperor charles v detailing his conquest of montezuma's empire?

the constitution gives congress the power to regulate commerce "among" the several states.

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire