Throughout the year 147 B.C., Roman senators became accustomed to attending a duel of clichés with which two obstinate political opponents always concluded their speeches. One was Cato the Elder, a defender of the most traditional values, who systematically ended his speeches exclaiming “Carthago delenda est” (Carthage must be destroyed). The other, Publius Cornelius Scipio […]
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