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> Even the Romans weren't always so conciliatory and rational - in conquering Carthage they sold the entire surviving population into slavery and destroyed the
by csomar 4y ago
> Even the Romans weren't always so conciliatory and rational - in conquering Carthage they sold the entire surviving population into slavery and destroyed the original city entirely. It wasn't exactly rare for them to choose to be brutal to make a point.
This is contested. Myth says they "ransacked" the city, but some data might suggest that might not be the case. I am pretty sure they got rid of the "elites" who were running the Carthaginian show. However, without hard-evidence, I am more leaning toward them not really doing much damage.
- qwytw 4y ago> toward them not really doing much damage. Most historical evidence suggest that the city was mostly uninhabited for close to a century until the Roman reestablished it. Same thing happened to Corinth (actually in the same year as Carthage was destroyed) except that supposedly unlike in Carthage the entire male population was murdered and only the women and children were sold into slavery. Corinth wasn't reestablished for a hundred as well.