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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 2616237, member: 5682&quot;]Very well put. I was also thinking of the Klingon comparison but I wasn&#039;t sure that anyone would have understood the reference. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought these quotes from Wikipedia about Carthage are very telling:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>There was a body known as the Tribunal of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_and_Four" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_and_Four" rel="nofollow">Hundred and Four</a>, which Aristotle compared to the Spartan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephors" rel="nofollow">ephors</a>. These were judges who acted as a kind of higher constitutional court and oversaw the actions of generals, who could sometimes be sentenced to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion" rel="nofollow">crucifixio</a>n, as well as other officials.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The urns contained the charred bones of newborns and in some cases the bones of fetuses and two-year-olds. There is a clear correlation between the frequency of cremation and the well-being of the city. In bad times (war, poor harvests) cremations became more frequent, but it is not known why. One explanation for this correlation is the claim that the Carthaginians prayed for divine intervention via child sacrifice; however, bad times would naturally lead to increased child mortality, and consequently, more child burials via cremation.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I contend that if Carthage had been a rich and humane culture, some evidence of this would persist (in the form of literature or works of art such as pottery or sculpture) despite Rome&#039;s total destruction of the city. Carthage did not disseminate its influence beyond commercial interests throughout its empire. The richness of Ancient Greek culture has survived despite many foreign invasions and it spread throughout the ancient and modern world.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]573294[/ATTACH]</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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