To: tobyprissy
The Carthaginians were ancestors of the Arabs, and Rome had as much of a problem with anti-war splits in its leadership as Carthage. The author should remember what happened to Carthage at the end of the Punic wars -- it was levelled and the land sown with salt.
2 posted on
08/27/2006 4:49:07 PM PDT by
expatpat
To: tobyprissy
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
4 posted on
08/27/2006 5:26:13 PM PDT by
Fiji Hill
To: tobyprissy
I don't know about this analogy, but his conclusion is correct. Why WAS Rome so desirous of destroying Carthage?
5 posted on
08/27/2006 5:30:45 PM PDT by
ichabod1
(Peace In Our Time®)
To: tobyprissy
Always remember this:
History is written by the victors.
The vanquished are always portrayed as evil and warlike.
19 posted on
08/28/2006 3:14:28 AM PDT by
roaddog727
(Bullsh## doesn't get bridges built.)
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