Hannibal's invasion of Italy in the Second Punic War culminated in the Carthaginian victory at Cannae and led to a serious threat to the continuation of Roman rule over Italy; however, the Romans gained the upper hand by invading Africa and defeating Carthage at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. Following the Third Punic War, the city was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. However, the Romans refounded Carthage, which became the empire's fourth most important city and the second most important city in the Latin West. It later became the capital of the short-lived Vandal kingdom. After its conquest by Belisarius, it remained one of the most important cities until the Muslim conquest, when it was destroyed a second time in 698.
I wonder how you say "Delenda est Carhago" in Arabic.
Third year Latin and that damned subjunctive case, but words I’ll never forget; in Latin or in English.
I’m guessing Cato spoke proper Latin and said ‘Carthaginem esse delendam’.
We are Rome. Islam is Carthage. Islam delenda est.