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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 5228249, member: 51347&quot;][ATTACH=full]1216750[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This Guy EPITOMIZED Ancient Republican Rome&#039;s virtues.&nbsp; He did not trust outside influences to corrupt the Roman People.&nbsp; He was also a purist to defend the Roman Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Porcius Cato</b>&nbsp; 234–149 BCE</p><p><br /></p><p>He had an outstanding career, Everyone can get a quick glimpse of it on Wiki:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Elder" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Elder" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Elder</a></p><p><br /></p><p>HOWEVER, in later years after the Second Punic War with Hannibal, he became FIXATED on DESTROYING Carthage.&nbsp; EVERY public speech, in the Senate, to the People, etc.&nbsp; He ALWAYS ended it with:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&quot;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthago_delenda_est" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthago_delenda_est" rel="nofollow">Carthago delenda est</a></i>&quot;, or &quot;Carthage must be destroyed.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It cracks me up that he was SO adamant about his beliefs - that is the only humor in this story...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, not too long after his death, the Roman Republic did fabricate a Third Punic War, and destroyed Carthage... to extinction of their State and their People.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you drill a thought, a phrase, a belief into the minds of the people, over and over, many times, and very unfortunately, <b>folks will BELEIVE; whether the statement is true or not.</b>&nbsp; Unfortunately, Carthage literally paid for it with their LIVES...</p><p>In 146 BCE, the City of Carthage was destroyed:&nbsp; Up to <b>750,000 killed</b>, including civilians.</p><p>The <b>remaining 50,000 survivors</b> were enslaved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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