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To: Sherman Logan

Hmmm. Facts are stubborn things, aren’t they?

A goodly fraction of Tasmanians got to play a game with the settlers. The game was “Let’s wager on how far this one can run before he bleeds out after we hack off his genitals.” No matter which settler won, the native always lost. It was a bit like bull fighting, I suppose. Not exactly something one writes home to mum about, or records in great detail for one’s kiddies.

The other points mostly conceded.

How did Caesar remove all the salt the earlier Romans dumped on Carthage’s fields? Does repopulating the former Carthage turf with Romans undo killing off the former inhabitants? If we name a city Indianapolis does that bring back the Indians who used to live there? I’m a little hazy on how that works...


149 posted on 05/10/2014 7:51:15 PM PDT by null and void ( They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
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To: null and void
How did Caesar remove all the salt the earlier Romans dumped on Carthage’s fields?

It is debated whether this happened at all. It's not mentioned in any of the early records, and it may not have been put forward till the 20th century.

Carthage was destroyed in 146 BC. Attempts by the Romans to refound it started as soon as 122.

You won't find me trying to defend Roman methods of conquest.

157 posted on 05/10/2014 8:05:59 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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