Carthage: The Roman Holocaust - Part 1 of 2 (Ancient Rome Documentary) | Timeline
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Length: 48min 21sec (2901 seconds)
Published: Fri Jun 02 2017
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Damn, I can't remember the Roman statesmen that was not a fan of Carthage and essentially ended each of his statements on the Senate floor around the lines of "and Carthage must burn"...even if the topic was not about Carthage.
Edit: Thank you /u/mr_bandit_red for help!
"...In 175BC, Cato was sent to Carthage to negotiate on the differences between the Carthaginians and the Numidian King, Masinissa; but, having been offended by the Carthaginians, he returned to Rome, where ever afterward he described Carthage as the most formidable rival of his country and concluded all his addresses in the senate-whatever the immediate subjet might be- with well-known words: "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam." ("For the rest, I vote that Carthage should be destroyed.")
Now to find how they offended him...
...I read 1960s Lincoln libraries as my shitter read
Thanks for this. I’ve always wondered about Carthage.
If you like this try listening to dan Carlins "Celtic Holocaust" episode of the hardcore histories podcast. Fascinating stuff.
dan carlin talks about the roman/carthage wars - its quite amazing how he tells his stories. Hope you enjoy. I forget the name - perhaps it was punic wars. Recommend them highly!
Carthago delenda est
Great channel
The same presenter done a series called "Ancient worlds", 6 part bbc documentary about the birth if civilization in the mesopotamia, the iron age, the greek stuff, rise of Alexander, rise of rome and then how rome turned all religious. If people liked this, i guarantee they will enjoy that series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVfYx6sHrB4
It has stuff about Carthage in it as well for those drawn here by that in the title, although it has a much wider scope it has a similar feel.
This show forgets to mention that Carthage started the Punic wars and how their religion required the sacrifice of children. What the romans did was evil, yes. But also not all that uncommon for its era. They make this seem like some kind of uncommonly vicious atrocity. This kind of war of extermination was all too common in this era. In fact the ancient Jews carried out similar genocides when the defenders refused to surrender. This was a era of savages killing savages, the carthaginians would have done the exact same, given the chance. The romans were savages with nice buildings, the carthaginians were savages with nice boats. The Greeks, savages with nice poetry, and the gauls. Savages with some nice trees.
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