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They sowed Carthage with salt as a symbolic victory gesture which said they had conquered the city and its empire and it would never grow to prominence again.

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When the Romans defeated the city Carthage they destroyed the city and then spread wat on the ground to keep the city from being rebuilt?

That is a fairy story - where would you find all that salt? They symbolically put salt in a plough furrow, and after selling the people into slavery, resettled their retired military veterans there.


What did the Romans sow in the Carthaginians fields?

They had a religious ceremony where they spread salt in a short plough farrow to declare a symbolic end to Carthage as a city-state, after selling its people into slavery.


What mineral did the Romans sow in Carthaginian land?

They made a symbolic plough furrow and scattered salt in it, to declare the Carthage was gone,for good and then sold its people into slavery. They then used the city as a site to settle retired veterans and it became a Roman city.


How did the Romans make sure that nobody lived in Carthage?

The Romans completely destroyed Carthage, leaving not one stone standing atop another, sold the populace into slavery. They spread salt symbolically on a field to emphasis that Carthage could not rise again.


What year did they destroy Carthage?

The Romans destroyed Carthage in 146 BC.


What was used by the Romans to make Carthage and the surrounding area unfathomable for generations?

The story is nonsense - shortly afterwards Rome began settling retired veterans on farms in Carthage. The Romans conducted a religious ceremony ploughing a furrow and sprinkling some salt in it as a symbol of the end of Carthage, whose people were sold into slavery. Also think of the prohibitive cost of valuable salt in spreading hundreds of tone of salt over a large agricultural area! Don't believe fairy stories, however much they are repeated.


Who did the Romans defeat in the punic war?

The Romans persevered over Carthage .


When was Carthage destroyed by the Romans?

149-146BC


Who was involved in the second war?

Romans and Carthage


Romans destroyed Carthage in?

146 BCE.


What did the Romans plow into Carthage's field?

Salt. It was a symbolic ceremony with a sprinkle of salt to declare the land would be barren. However twenty years later they established a military colony on the site to resettle veterans.


What did the Romans gain from the Carthage wars?

After the fall of Carthage, the Romans gained dominance over the Mediterranean. It was at this time that they could actually be called a super power.