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Cato sprinkled it in every time: "Furthermore I'm of the opinion, Carthago should be destroyed" until he got his third punic war.

Later, when Carthago was destroyed, the Romans poured salt over the ruins. It was a symbol that nothing shall grow on this soil again.

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I was so amused in high school Latin when we translated one of his speeches and sure enough, there at the end, was this

I was like "hah, he said the thing!" But nobody else in class cared =/