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It destroyed the city and sold the people into slavery to end its rivalry for once and all. It then had priests symbolically sprinkle salt on a short furrow of a plough to declare that the Carthaginians were ended. The story of salting the land is a silly wild exaggeration - the cost of scarce salt was prohibitive, and the Romans soon established a colony of retired army veterans on the land.
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∙ 6y agoSold its people into slavery and settled its own retired soldiers there.
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∙ 6y agoThey sold its people into slavery and re-established it as a place to settle retired veterans.
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∙ 6y agoThey fought and won three each one, and after the final one sold its people into slavery as a 'final solution'.
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∙ 6y agoThey looted it, sold its people into slavery, and established a resettlement colony for retired soldiers there.
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∙ 10y agoIn the Third Punic War Rome destroyed Carthage and sold 50,000 Carthaginians who survived the siege as slaves.
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∙ 6y agoIt destroyed the city and sold the people into slavery to prevent resilient Carthage again arising as a competitor.
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∙ 6y agoFinal solution - they destroyed the city and sold the people into slavery.
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Romans destroyed Carthage in?
146 BCE.
How many times did the Romans go to war with Carthage?
Three.
The ancient city of Carthage was located on what continent?
Carthage was located on the Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia, Africa. It was destroyed by the Romans but the ruins are still there.
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 was a disadvantage for the conquered city of Carthage?
The Romans destroyed it and sold its people into slavery.
What year did they destroy Carthage?
The Romans destroyed Carthage in 146 BC.
Who did the Romans defeat in the punic war?
The Romans persevered over Carthage .
Who was involved in the second war?
Romans and Carthage
When was Carthage destroyed by the Romans?
149-146BC
Romans destroyed Carthage in?
146 BCE.
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.
Why did the Romans call Carthage punicia?
Punicus was their word for Phoenicians - Carthage was originally a Phoenician colony.
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.
Who was involved in the second punic wars?
Romans and Carthage
Who were the key players in the battle of Carthage?
The Romans and the Carthaginians.
What did the Romans do to Carthage before he died?
Cartage was a city, not a he.
Who did the Romans fight againts in the punic war?
Carthage.
