2 Sep
2010
2 Sep
'10
8:46 a.m.
Hartmut Noack wrote:
Atrocities and genocide are no inventions of the
modern times: in
reverse! In modern times most cultures have learned to name things
atrocities, that were known as "perfectly normal" or even "heroic
deeds"
in ancient times.
What Rome did to Carthage after conquering it would certainly be
considered genocide by modern UN thought. Slaughter the population,
enslave the few survivors, transport them away from their country.
Demolish the city-state. Sow the soil with salt so it couldn't be used
to supply food. Rome did not intend Carthage to ever rise again.
And the Roman general who destroyed Carthage was rewarded very highly.
--
David
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