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"Do what the romans did to gamas(?). There were 500,000 people, they killed 450,000, made slaves of 50,000 and spread salt over their fields so nothing would ever grow there."

You refer to Carthage and the Roman legions of Scipio Africanus.

They also razed the city so that no structure was taller than a man.

The ruins are still visible today (in what is now Tunisia). And nothing grows there...

"Do what the romans did to gamas(?). There were 500,000 people, they killed 450,000, made slaves of 50,000 and spread salt over their fields so nothing would ever grow there."
You refer to Carthage and the Roman legions of Scipio Africanus.
They also razed the city so that no structure was taller than a man.
The ruins are still visible today (in what is now Tunisia). And nothing grows there...

I am really disappointed in the Romans, to hear that they slaughtered 450,000 of 500,000 people.
At least a quarter of those had to be females under 30 years of age, wouldn't you say? I can't fathom not sending them home with the soldiers (unless the Carthaginian women were all congenitally ugly...). Moreover, children between the ages of 10 and 16 can be used as household slaves.

What a terrific waste. My image of the Romans as thrifty administrators is completely shattered...