Why do you think the Carthaginians didn't sacrifice children? One one hand you have various accounts from different people claiming they did; maybe they were a

Why do you think the Carthaginians didn't sacrifice children? One one hand you have various accounts from different people claiming they did; maybe they were all mistaken or lying or repeating rumors.. nothing solid but claims nonetheless. There's a little bit of archeological evidence to back it up too. On the other hand you have... what? Are there any surviving ancient claims of the Carthaginians being wrongly slandered with this claim? What is your reason for assuming they did not? Innocent until proven guilty? It's not a court, and by that standard you might as well declare any infamous ancient person innocent since the hard evidence is long gone and none of the claimed witnesses can be cross examined. A modern court couldn't convict Genghis Khan of mass murder and war crimes in absentia, all the remaining evidence against that man is hearsay at best, but I don't think that's a reason to assume he was innocent. Maybe it's an appeal to the fundamental goodness of human nature? That the Carthaginians are assumed to be innocent because what they're accused of goes against intrinsic human nature? Surely not; human nature includes the capacity for all manner of brutality; proven in the modern era.