Carthage Destroyed! A Look Into the Carthaginian Peace
- Lucilla Salvius
- Nov 6, 2015
- 2 min read
Breaking news! As of this morning, it has been discovered by Livy that the city of Carthage has been destroyed and no traces remain due to tactics Rome used to conquer and erase the entire city.
This new event, now being called the “Carthaginian Peace” is revolutionary, to say the least. Marking the end of the 3rd Punic War, an anonymous source reveals the shocking truth behind Rome’s strategies. The unnamed Roman soldier who played a part in this tells us, “Trust me, it was anything but “peace”. I feel so selfish. Did we have to kill so many people just to feel validated? Please don’t tell Scipio I said that.” After hearing this and other witnesses accounts, it makes you wonder if this is a fitting name. So here’s how it really went down, according to Livy.
After the 3rd (final) Punic War, we all know how many Carthaginians died. However, this was apparently not enough for Scipio Africanus and his army. He felt that he had to really get the point across and had a not-so logical way of doing so. After sieging Carthage, the Roman army killed almost every single Carthaginian. They also managed to do this in an extremely violent and brutal way. We’ve heard that there was lots of fire and screaming, to sum it up. About 50,000 of them, however, were sold into slavery to Romans. This was not enough for Scipio and his army, however, so they continued to go on and to the unthinkable. As Romans began to wonder what was taking Scipio and his army so long before return to Rome, he threw a curveball at us all and did what nobody expected. Livy reports that on his visit to Carthage, he noticed that there was… well… no Carthage there. All that remains on the premises are 2 columns. The ground is rumored to be completely salted over, as if to completely erase the city of Carthage from ever existing. We can only imagine how much of a long, grueling process this must’ve been. This is not only unexpected, but completely world-changing. Let us know your thoughts on this matter.
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